Ch. 7                                       1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall maintain the accounting
systems necessary to determine the extent to which funds appropriated for FY 1995 to
program 32.17.00.03 Medical Care Provider Reimbursements have been disbursed for
services provided in that fiscal year and shall prepare and submit the periodic reports
required under this section for that program;

(2) The Superintendent of Education shall maintain the accounting systems
necessary to determine the extent to which funds appropriated for FY 1995 to program
36.01.02.07 Students With Disabilities for Non-Public Placements have been disbursed
for services provided in that fiscal year and to prepare periodic reports as required under
this section for that program;

(3) For the programs specified, reports shall indicate total appropriations for FY
1995 and total disbursements for services provided during that fiscal year up through the
last day of the second month preceding the date on which the report is to be submitted;

(4) Reports shall be submitted to the budget committees, the Department of
Fiscal Services, the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning and the Comptroller on
November 1, 1995, March 1, 1996, and June 1, 1996; and

(5) It is the intent of the General Assembly that general funds appropriated for
FY 1995 to the programs specified which have not been disbursed within a reasonable
period, not to exceed 12 months from the end of the fiscal year, shall revert.

SECTION 19. 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of the
Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning shall provide a quarterly report to the
Department of Fiscal Services by December 31, 1995 beginning October 31, 1995 detailing
those agencies potentially overspending their FY 1996 agency spending appropriation for
contractual salaries and additional assistance.

SECTION 20. 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Board of Public
Works, in exercising its authority to create additional positions pursuant to Section 7-236
of the State Finance and Procurement Article, may authorize during the fiscal year no
more than 50 positions in excess of the total number of authorized state positions on July
1, 1995, as determined by the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning. Provided,
however, that if the imposition of this ceiling causes undue hardship in any department,
agency, board, or commission, additional positions may be created for that affected unit
to the extent that positions authorized by the General Assembly for the fiscal year are
abolished in that unit or in other units of state government. It is further provided that the
limit of 50 does not apply to any position that may be created in conformance with
specific manpower statutes that may be enacted by the state or federal government nor to
any positions created to implement block grant actions or to implement a program
reflecting fundamental changes in federal/state relationships. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this section, the Board of Public Works may authorize additional temporary
positions to meet public emergencies resulting from an act of God and violent acts of
men, which are necessary to protect the health and safety of the people of Maryland.

In addition to any positions created within the limitation of 50 under this section,
the Board of Public Works may authorize the creation of 200 250 positions within the
executive branch provided that 1.5 full-time contract positions or the equivalent are

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