PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 615

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 615
(Senate Bill 713)

AN ACT concerning

Governor-Elect - State Budget Submission

FOR the purpose of providing that, in the gubernatorial transition process, the State
budget that is submitted to the General Assembly shall be prepared at the direction
of the Governor-elect and shall be submitted by the new Governor pursuant to the
Maryland Constitution; prohibiting a certain governor from submitting a proposed
budget; and generally relating to the gubernatorial transition and the preparation of
the State's budget.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 3-204

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 3-205

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - State Government

3-204.

(a)     To inform career civil servants about program goals and new policies and to
establish communication with the administration of the incumbent Governor, the
Governor-elect may circulate questionnaires or otherwise obtain information from the
administration.

(b)     The Governor-elect may ask any question that will help to carry out the
purpose of this subtitle, including a question that is intended to obtain:

(1)     a description of a program;

(2)     a recommendation and justification for expansion, limitation, or
elimination of a service;

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