WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 540

and Fiscal Planning or the Director of the Office of Planning or
the appropriate board, council, or other unit within the
Department or Office, until completed, withdrawn, canceled,
modified, or otherwise changed pursuant to law.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision
of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a court of
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and
for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared
severable.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That pursuant to the
plan of reorganization that is proposed by this Act, the
publishers of the Annotated Code of Maryland, subject to the
approval of the Director of the Department of Legislative
Reference, shall propose the correction of any agency names and
titles that are rendered incorrect by this Act.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That effective July
1, 1989, the Deputy Secretary of the Department of State Planning
shall become a Deputy Secretary of the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning without any change or loss of rights, benefits,
entitlements, or status, including, if any, merit system and
retirement status. Upon the termination of employment of the
incumbent, the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of
Budget and Fiscal Planning created by this section shall be
abolished. The Deputy Secretary authorized herein serves at the
pleasure of the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning, is
entitled to the salary provided in the budget and has the duties
delegated by the Secretary. Contingent upon the enactment of

either Chapter______of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1989

(H.B. 1475) or Chapter_____of the Acts of the General Assembly of

1989 (S.B. 865), the salary of the Deputy Secretary created by
this section shall commence at the ES 6/1 level, as of July 1,
1989.

SECTION 10. 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 25, 1989.

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