PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 488

(b)     [The Secretary appoints the Director of the Administration, who serves at the
Secretary's pleasure. The Director shall have executive ability, experience, and knowledge
of the principles of water resource planning, management, conservation, and
administration. The Director receives the salary provided in the State budget.

(c)     The Director is responsible for the exercise of every power and duty conferred
on the Department by the provisions of this title and delegated to the Director by the
Secretary.

(d)] (1) The Administration shall be adequately staffed and organized to carry
out the provisions of this title and at salaries provided in the State budget.

(2) Subject to the Secretary's authority as provided in Title 1 of this article,
[the Director appoints and removes] the Administration's staff SHALL BE APPOINTED
AND REMOVED in accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel Article that
govern classified service employees.

[(3) When the provisions of the State Personnel Article provide for
disciplinary or dismissal proceedings against classified service employees to be brought by
the appointing authority, the Director is the appointing authority, unless the Secretary
determines by written directive that the Secretary is the appointing authority.

(4) The Director supervises and controls the staff who perform duties the
Director prescribes.]

(C) THE SECRETARY SHALL DESIGNATE THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY FOR
THE ADMINISTRATION.

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(a)     The Department has general supervisory power, regulation, and control over
the [natural] WATER resources of the State within the boundaries of the tidal waters AS
PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE.

(b)    The Department shall exercise to the fullest extent possible the State's
responsibility for its water resources by planning and supervising multiple purpose
development and conservation of the waters of the State for the State's best interests and
benefit. The Department shall develop a general water resources program which
contemplates proper conservation and development of the waters of the State, in a
manner compatible with multiple purpose management on a watershed or aquifer basis,
or any other appropriate geographical unit. The program shall recognize and be
consistent with functions of other State units. The Department shall be guided by the
program in the performance of its duties.

(c)     The Department may make or cause to be made surveys, maps, investigations,
and studies of water resources of the State necessary to provide sufficient information to
formulate a program and perform its duties. The Department may contract for research
or scientific investigation with the Natural Resources Institute of the University of
Maryland, the Chesapeake Bay Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, or other
appropriate research organizations.

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