Ch. 635                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) The Department of [Fiscal] LEGISLATIVE Services shall send a copy of
a fiscal note for a bill to the committee to which the bill is referred and to the primary
sponsor of the bill.

(d) Upon request of the Department of [Fiscal] LEGISLATIVE Services, a unit of
State or local government promptly shall provide any information requested by the
Department for preparing a fiscal note.

(f)     As soon as possible after the adoption of an amendment that changes the
fiscal impact of a bill, the Department of [Fiscal] LEGISLATIVE Services shall:

(1)     prepare a revised fiscal note for the bill;

(2)     send the revised note:

(i) to the chairman of the committee to which the bill is referred in
the house of origin;

(ii) if the bill has reached the opposite house, to the chairman of the
committee to which the bill is referred in that house;

(iii) if the bill is in the custody of either the Secretary of the Senate or
the Chief Clerk of the House, to that officer; and

(iv) to the primary sponsor of the bill.

(g)     (1) The Department of [ Fiscal] LEGISLATIVE Services shall keep a copy of
each fiscal note for 3 years after preparation of the note.

(2) The copies shall be reasonably available for public inspection.

0) (1) In its summary report of legislation enacted by the General Assembly
that has a fiscal impact, the Department of [ Fiscal] LEGISLATIVE Services shall include
a list of legislation that affects local government units and indicate which legislation
imposes mandates on local government units.

2-1505.1. Economic Impact Analysis.

(b) (1) [ Beginning with the 1996 Regular Session of the General Assembly, an]
AN economic impact analysis rating and an economic impact analysis, as appropriate,
shall be prepared by the appropriate Executive Branch agency for each bill that is
introduced at the request of the administration or a department, agency, or commission
of the Executive Branch of State government.

(2) A copy of the economic impact analysis rating and the economic impact
analysis required under this subsection shall be submitted by the Governor's office:

(i) to the Department of [Fiscal] LEGISLATIVE Services within a
reasonable time frame prior to the hearing on the bill to allow the Department [of Fiscal
Services] to comment on the economic impact analysis rating and the economic impact
analysis; and

(ii) to the committee to which the bill is referred prior to the hearing
on the bill.

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