not provide more than $1,500,000 for this
purpose.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The Maryland Department of

Transportation shall not expend funds on
any job or position of employment
approved in this budget in excess of
9,193.5 positions and 159.8 contractual
full-time equivalents paid through special
payments payroll (defined as the quotient
of the sum of the hours worked by all such
employees in the fiscal year divided by
2,080 hours) of the total authorized
amount established in the budget for the
Maryland Department of Transportation
at any one time during fiscal 2000. The
level of 159.8 contractual full-time
equivalents may be exceeded only if the
Maryland Department of Transportation
notifies _;the budget committees of the need
and justification for additional
contractual personnel due to:

(1) business growth at the Port of
Baltimore and BWI Airport which
demands additional personnel; or

(2) emergency needs which must be met
(such as transit security or highway
maintenance).

The secretary shall utilize the authority
under the Transportation Article, Sections
2-101 and 2-102, to implement this
provision. However, any authorized job or
position to be filled above the 9,193.5
permanent position ceiling approved by
the Board of Public Works shall count
against the Rule of 50 imposed by the
General Assembly. The establishment of
new jobs or positions of employment not
authorized in the fiscal 2000 budget shall
be subject to the State Finance and
Procurement Article, Section 7-236 and
the Rule of 50.