Ch. 202

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That immediately following
the close of fiscal 2003, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall determine the
total number of full-time equivalent positions that are authorized as of the last day of
fiscal 2003 and on the first day of fiscal 2004. Authorized positions shall include all
positions authorized by the General Assembly in the personnel detail of the budgets
for fiscal 2003 and 2004 including non-budgetary programs, the Maryland Transit
Administration, the University System of Maryland self-supported activities, and the
State Use Industries.

SECTION 23. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Budget and Management shall provide an annual report on indirect costs to the Joint
Audit Committee. The report should assess available information on the timeliness,
completeness, and deposit history of indirect cost recoveries by State agencies.

SECTION 24. 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 2003 in program M00Q01.03 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 State Superintendent of Schools shall maintain the accounting
systems necessary to determine the extent to which funds appropriated for fiscal 2003
to program R00A02.07 Students With Disabilities for Non-Public Placements have
been disbursed for services 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 2003 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, 2003, March 1, 2004, and June 1, 2004.

(5)     It is the intent of the General Assembly that general funds
appropriated for fiscal 2003 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 25. 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, or to make
reimbursable fund transfers from the Governor's Office of Crime Control and
Prevention, 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

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