Ch. 202

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

General                            $28,941

Special                              20,700

Federal                              12,259

SECTION 44. 43. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(1)     a reduction of $153,370 is made to this budget for the Information
Technology Division of the Comptroller of the Treasury (Comptroller object 0882);

(2)     the Governor shall develop a schedule for allocating this reduction across
various State agencies that utilize the Comptroller's Information of Technology
Division's services and across all funds appropriated for the purpose of purchasing
technology services based upon each State agency's usage of the services of the
Comptroller's Information of Technology Division; and

(3)     the reduction under this section shall equal at least the amounts indicated
for the budgetary fund types listed:

Fund                              Amount

General                           $116,523

Special                                  8,596

Federal                                28,251

SECTION 45. 44. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) shall prepare a report for the budget committees
upon creation of regular full—time equivalent (FTE) positions through Board of Public
Works (BPW) action and upon transfer or abolition of positions. This report shall be
provided in addition to that provided for in Section 22 of the 2003 session budget bill
and as an appendix in the Governor's budget book. It shall note, at the agency level:

(1)     where regular or contractual FTE positions have been abolished;

(2)     where regular or contractual FTE positions have been created; and

(3)     from where and to where regular or contractual FTE positions have been
transferred-
Provision of contractual FTE position information in the same fashion as

reported in the appendices of the fiscal 2004 Governor's budget book shall be
considered adequate.
Further, an appendix detailing the location of sworn police officer FTE positions
for the fiscal 2003 actual appropriation, fiscal 2004 working appropriation, and fiscal
2005 allowance shall also be provided by program level in the Governor's budget
books.

SECTION 46. 45. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) may establish a pilot employee buyout program. The
goal of the program would be to reduce the State workforce by requiring State
agencies to determine the positions least critical to their operations. For each pilot
agency, agency management should develop a formal, written organizational plan,

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