Ch. 3

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Funds are appropriated in the Executive
Department - Boards, Commissions and
Offices budget to pay for services provided
by this program. Authorization is hereby
granted to use these receipts as special
funds for operating expenses in this
program. The number of FTE contractual
positions authorized for the Office of

Volunteerism, including Volunteer

Maryland and the Governor's Commission
on Service, may not exceed the level
authorized in this budget except as herein
provided:

(1)   Additional FTE contractual positions
may only be created if specifically
authorized in an approved budget
amendment which shall for each position
state:

(A)    the proposed salary and duties to be
performed;

(B)    the source of the funds to be used to
support the position, including an
indication as to whether these are funds
existing in the current appropriation or
additional special or federal funds not
included in the budget as enacted: and

(C) the reason the position was not
requested in the Fiscal Year 1998 budget
and the impact, if any, of delaying the
establishment of the position until the next
budget submission.

(2)   Any amendment required under this
provision may not be signed by the
Governor until the amendment has been
submitted to the budget committees and the
budget committees have had 45 days from
receipt of the amendment for review and
comment.

DA05.06 State Ethics Commission

General Fund Appropriation...........................

413,679

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8,707,349