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1995 JOINT RESOLUTIONS

(ii) (i) A representative of the mortgage banking industry;

(iii) (ii) A representative of real estate agents and brokers;

(iii) Two representatives of community homeowners associations in
Maryland; and

(iv) A representative of the home construction industry;

(4) A representative of the Executive Branch appointed by the Governor:

(4) (5) A representative of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce;

(5) (6) A representative of the Maryland Municipal League; and

(6) (7) A representative of the Maryland Association of Counties; and be
it further

RESOLVED, That the Department of Fiscal Services shall provide the staff to the
task force, and that notice of each meeting of the task force be made public by delivering
a copy of the meeting notice to the Legislative Information Officer, Room B-6,
Department of Legislative Reference, Legislative Services Building, 90 State Circle,
Annapolis, Maryland 21401-1991. The notice should be delivered no later than Tuesday
afternoon at 4:00 p.m. for inclusion in the weekly Hearing Schedule; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the task force report its findings and recommendations to the
Governor Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Committee on Ways
and Means and, in accordance with § 2-1312 of. the State Government Article, to the
General Assembly by November 1, 1995 January 15, 1996; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Reference to the Honorable Parris N. Glendening, Governor of Maryland; the
Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; and the
Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Signed May 18, 1995.

Joint Resolution No. 3
(Senate Joint Resolution No. 9)

A Senate Joint Resolution concerning

Railroad Retirement Board - Transfer of Functions

FOR the purpose of urging the United States Congress to reject the proposal to transfer
the functions of the Railroad Retirement Board to the Social Security
Administration, other federal agencies, and private sector service providers.

WHEREAS, In the 1930s, the Congress of the United States assumed the
responsibility for developing a federally administered retirement program to place the
various railroad pension plans on a solid financial basis; and

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