Ch. 635                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     compile information on and analyze any matter that is the subject of
proposed legislation;

(3)     on request of a member of the General Assembly, prepare or help to
prepare a bill or resolution that, unless the member specifies otherwise, conforms to the
style manual of the [Revisor of Statutes] OFFICE;

[(4) index and preserve all of the information that is gathered under this
subsection, so that the information is easily accessible to State officials at all times and is
open for public inspection; and

(5) (i) annually make:

1.       a list that includes the name, position, term of office, and
salary of each civil officer whom the Governor appointed during the preceding calendar
year; and

2.       a list that includes the name, position, term of office, and
salary of each civil officer whose term expires during the current calendar year;

(ii) 1. send a copy of each list to each member of the General
Assembly; and

2. make the lists available to any person who requests them;
and

(iii) make the lists applicable only to civil officers whom the Governor
appoints, subject to the approval of the Senate or the House of Delegates.]

(4)      PROVIDE ANALYSES OF PROPOSED AND EMERGENCY
REGULATIONS OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES;

(5)     MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RECLASSIFICATION,
REARRANGEMENT, RENUMBERING, REWORDING, AND OTHER FORMAL REVISION
OF THE PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS IN THE CODE;

(6)     MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROPRIATE SYSTEMS TO
COLLECT AND PUBLISH:

(I)      THE PUBLIC LOCAL LAWS;

(II)     EXECUTIVE ORDERS; AND

(III)   THE REGULATIONS OF UNITS OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF
THE STATE GOVERNMENT;

(7)      CARRY ON CONTINUOUS FULL TIME FORMAL REVISION OF
STATUTORY LAW FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BY PREPARING AND SUBMITTING
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE REPEAL OR
MODIFICATION OF STATUTES THAT ARE OBSOLETE, INCONSISTENT WITH ANOTHER
STATUTE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL, OR OTHERWISE IN NEED OF FORMAL REVISION;

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