ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 202

Light Rail, Metro subway, and commuter buses; however, Executive agencies shall no
longer reimburse the Transportation Trust Fund for this benefit;

(2)     The Governor and officials responsible for administration and
amendment of the State budget shall develop a schedule for allocating these
reductions to the programs of the Executive and Judicial branches; and

(3)     Aggregate reductions taken in Comptroller object 0182 shall equal at
least the amounts indicated for the following budgetary fund types:

Department                                  Fund                                       Amount

Executive                                      General                                  $1,396,081

Executive                                      Special                                        465,556

Executive                                      Federal                                        364,898

Judiciary                                       General                                           4,552

SECTION 28. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That for fiscal 2005, capital
funds shall be budgeted in separate eight-digit programs. When multiple projects
and/or programs are budgeted within the same non-transportation eight-digit
program, each distinct program and project shall be budgeted in a distinct
subprogram. To the extent possible, subprograms for projects spanning multiple years
shall be retained to preserve funding history. Furthermore, the budget detail for fiscal
2003 and 2004 submitted with the fiscal 2005 budget shall be organized in the same
fashion to allow comparison between years.

SECTION 29. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That executive budget
books shall include a summary statement of federal revenues by major federal
program source supporting the federal appropriations made therein along with the
major assumptions underpinning the federal fund estimates. The Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) shall exercise due diligence in reporting these data
and ensure that they are updated as appropriate to reflect ongoing Congressional
action on the federal budget. In addition, DBM shall provide to the Department of
Legislative Services (DLS) data for the actual, current, and budget years listing the
components of each federal fund appropriation by Catalogue of Federal Domestic
Assistance number or equivalent detail for programs not in the catalogue. Data shall
be provided in an electronic format subject to the concurrence of DLS.

SECTION 30. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any agreements
between State agencies and any public higher education institutions involving an
expenditure of more than $100,000 shall be published in the Maryland Contract
Weekly and reported to the budget committees.

SECTION 31. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Budget and Management shall report the total fiscal year direct cost of implementing
provisions of collective bargaining agreements invoked under Executive Order

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