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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 286
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[5-204.] 5-203.
(a) The [Director] SECRETARY is responsible for the budget of the [Office]
DEPARTMENT.
(b) The [Director] SECRETARY may adopt regulations for the [Office]
DEPARTMENT.
(c) The [Director] SECRETARY may create any citizens' advisory body that the
[Director] SECRETARY considers necessary for the operation of the [Office]
DEPARTMENT.
(d) The [Director] SECRETARY shall have a seal.
(e) (1) The [Director] SECRETARY is responsible for the comprehensive
planning of programs and services of the [Office] DEPARTMENT.
(2) The [Director] SECRETARY shall review and approve or disapprove
the plans of the units in the [Office] DEPARTMENT.
(f) The [Director] SECRETARY or a staff member of the [Office]
DEPARTMENT designated by the [Director] SECRETARY shall have access to
information that relates to State planning in the possession of any unit of the State
government, of a regional government, or of a local government.
(g) If the entry is made in a manner so as to cause no unnecessary injury, the
[Director] SECRETARY or a staff member of the [Office] DEPARTMENT designated by
the [Director] SECRETARY may enter, at any reasonable hour, on any land in order to
make examinations and surveys that relate to State planning.
(h) After providing adequate public notice, the [Director] SECRETARY shall
hold hearings on matters of State planning whenever it is in the public interest to do
so.
(i) In the interest of intergovernmental cooperation, the [Director]
SECRETARY shall attend:
(1) meetings of regional planning commissions;
(2) interstate planning conferences; and
(3) other planning conferences.
(j) The [Director] SECRETARY may contract for professional or consultant
services for work related to State planning as provided in the State budget.
(k) The [Director] SECRETARY may exercise any power necessary and proper
to discharge the [Director's] SECRETARY'S duties.
5-204.
(A) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS LEGAL ADVISOR TO THE DEPARTMENT.
(B) (1) THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL ASSIGN TO THE DEPARTMENT THE
NUMBER OF ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO BE
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