ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 266

and clarifying its duties; authorizing the Council's Chairman to establish certain
working committees; requiring the Council's Executive Director to serve at the
pleasure of the Executive Board; placing the Council, for administrative and
budgetary reasons, under the Maryland Department of Agriculture and
requiring the Department to provide certain funding, staff, and resources for the
Council; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to include the Council's budget
request that is provided to the Department of Budget and Management with the
budget request of the Maryland Department of Agriculture; providing for the
location of the Council's principal office; transferring from the Board of Public
Works to the Council the administration of the Maryland Agricultural Education
and Rural Development Assistance Fund; transferring from the Department of
Business and Economic Development to the Council the administration of
awarding certain grants; expanding the membership of the Maryland
Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Board and requiring
it to make certain binding recommendations to the Council; authorizing certain
agencies to assist the Council with administering certain grants; altering
certain reporting requirements for certain grant recipients and the Council;
declaring the intent of the General Assembly; repealing the termination
provision for the Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development
Assistance Fund; providing for the transition under this Act; providing for the
application of this Act; making the provisions of this Act severable; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to the Forvm for Rural Maryland and the
Maryland Agricultural Education and Rural Development Assistance Fund Act
of 2000.

BY adding to

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 15-101

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative Departments

Section 15-101 through 15-110, inclusive, to be under the amended title "Title

15. Rural Maryland Council"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 2-206 and 11-203(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement

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