Ch. 218                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

WHEREAS, Organizational changes within the Department are
needed to provide increased senior management direction and
oversight of programs;

WHEREAS, These organizational changes will allow the
Secretary to devote additional time to improvements in the child
welfare system, particularly in the areas of foster care,
adoption, and day care; and

WHEREAS, Article 41, § 6-101 of the Code authorizes the
Secretary to establish and reorganize the responsibilities within
the Secretary's office; now, therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments

6-103.

(a) The Secretary of [Employment and Social Services] HUMAN
RESOURCES shall appoint, with the approval of the Governor, [a
deputy secretary] 2 DEPUTY SECRETARIES who shall serve at the
pleasure of the Secretary and who shall receive such compensation
as is provided in the State budget. The deputy [secretary]
SECRETARIES of the Department of [Employment and Social Services]
HUMAN RESOURCES shall have such duties as are delegated by the
Secretary. THE SECRETARY SHALL DESIGNATE A DEPUTY SECRETARY TO
(and shall] be the acting secretary during periods when the
Secretary may be absent from the State or otherwise unavailable.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 5, 1989.

CHAPTER 218

(House Bill 553)

AN ACT concerning

Real Estate Commission - Fees

FOR the purpose of altering the application, transfer and renewal
fees charged by the Real Estate Commission; making this Act
contingent on the passage of another Act; and generally

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