Audit Committee. The report should assess available information on the timeliness,
completeness, and deposit history of indirect cost recoveries by State agencies.

SECTION 28. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(1) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall maintain the
accounting systems necessary to determine the extent to which funds appropriated
for fiscal 1999 in program MQ01.03 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 fiscal 1999
to program RA02.07 Students With Disabilities for Non-Public Placements have been
disbursed for service 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 fiscal 1999 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 and a comparison to data applicable to those
periods in the preceding fiscal year.

(4) Reports shall be submitted to the budget committees, the
Department of Legislative Services, the Department of Budget and Management, and
the Comptroller on November 1, 1999, March 1, 2000, and June 1, 2000.

(5) It is the intent of the General Assembly that general funds
appropriated for fiscal 1999 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 29. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any budget amendment
to increase the total amount of special, federal, or higher education (current restricted
and current unrestricted) fund appropriations made in Section 1 shall be subject to
the following restrictions:

(1) Budget amendments increasing total appropriations in any fund
account by $100,000 or more may not be approved by the Governor until (a) that
amendment has been submitted to the Department of Legislative Services and (b) the
budget committees or the Legislative Policy Committee have considered the
amendment or 45 days have elapsed from the date of submission of the amendment.
Each amendment submitted to the Department of Legislative Services shall include a
statement of the amount, sources of funds and purposes of the amendment, and a
summary of impact on budgeted or contractual position and payroll requirements.

(2) Unless permitted by the budget bill or the accompanying supporting
documentation or by other authorizing legislation, and notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3-216 of the Transportation Article, a budget amendment may
not: