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Ch. 204
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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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a declaration by the Board of Public Works that the amendment is essential to
maintaining public safety, health or welfare, including protecting the environment or
economic welfare of the State.
(6) This section shall not apply to budget amendments for the sole
purpose of appropriating funds available as a result of the award of federal disaster
assistance.
(7) This section shall not apply to budget amendments for the sole
purpose of transferring funds from the State Reserve Fund - Economic Development
Opportunities Fund for projects approved by the Legislative Policy Committee.
(8) This section shall not apply to budget amendments for the sole
purpose of appropriating funds for Information Technology Investment Fund projects
by the federal government to provide State aid in the form of block grants, the
Governor shall provide the General Assembly with 30 days, for each agency affected,
to review and comment on any plans to accept federal funds as block grants.
SECTION 31. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That funds appropriated by
this bill for cost-of-living adjustments for members of each of the nine collective
bargaining units may not be expended until the conclusion of the negotiating session
and the ratification of the memorandum of understanding by a majority of the votes
cast by the employees of that bargaining unit.
SECTION 32. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That any agreements
between State agencies and any public higher education institution involving an
expenditure of more than $100.000 shall be published in the Maryland Register and
reported to the budget committees.
SECTION 33. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That in the expenditure of
federal funds appropriated in this budget or subsequent to the enactment of this
budget by the budget amendment process:
(1) State agencies shall administer these federal funds in a manner that
recognizes that federal funds are taxpayer dollars that require prudent fiscal
management, careful application to the purposes for which they are directed, and
strict attention to budgetary and accounting procedures established for the
administration of all public funds.
(2) For fiscal 2001, except with respect to capital appropriations, to the
extent consistent with federal requirements:
(i) when expenditures or encumbrances may be charged to either
State or federal fund sources, federal funds shall be charged before State funds are
charged: this policy does not apply to the Department of Human Resources with
respect to federal funds to be carried forward into future years for child care, child
welfare, or welfare reform activities or to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene with respect to funds to be carried forward into future years for the purpose
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