Ch. 121 LAWS OF MARYLAND
        SUMMARY
Total General Fund Appropriation................ 896,170

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
SECRETARY'S OFFICE

It is the intent of the General
Assembly that funds dedicated to

the Transportation Trust Fund
shall be applied to purposes
bearing direct relation to the
State Transportation program,
unless directed otherwise by
legislation. To implement this
intent for the Department of
Transportation in fiscal year
1988, no commitment of funds in
excess of $250,000 may be made
nor may such an amount be
transferred, by budget amendment
or otherwise, for any project or
purpose not normally arising in
connection with the ordinary

ongoing operation of the

department and not contemplated
in the budget approved or the

last published Consolidated

Transportation Plan without

approval of the Budget Committees

and the Legislative Policy

Committee of the General

Assembly.

The Department of Transportation
shall not expend funds on any job

or position of employment

approved in this budget in excess
of 9717 9694 9,732 positions of
the total authorized amount
established in the budget for the
Department of Transportation at
any one time during fiscal year
1988 and the Secretary of

Transportation shall utilize his

prerogatives under the

Transportation Article, §§ 2-101
and 2-102, to implement this
provision, provided, however,
that any authorized job or

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