PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            S.B. 715

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 2-902 through 2-906
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

2-901.

[(a)] In this subtitle, [the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Commission" means the Advisory Commission on Federal-Local Relations.

(c)] "Committee" means the Joint Committee on Federal Relations.

2-902.

There is a Joint Committee on Federal Relations, which is a joint committee of the
Senate and the House.

2-903.

(a)     The Committee consists of 16 members.

(b)     Of the 16 Committee members:

(1)     8 shall be senators, appointed by the President; and

(2)     8 shall be delegates, appointed by the Speaker.
2-904.

(a)     The President and the Speaker jointly shall appoint a chairman and a vice
chairman of the Committee.

(b)     (1) The President shall appoint a chairman of the Senate members of the
Committee.

(2) The Speaker shall appoint a chairman of the House members of the
Committee.

2-905.

The Department of Fiscal Services shall provide staff assistance to the Committee.
2-906.

(a) The Committee shall:

(1) as to the relations between the State and the federal government:

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