ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 429

funding made available to local jurisdictions by jurisdiction and funding sources shall
also be given. This report shall list the uses to which these funds have been put at the
State level. Restrictions, contingencies, and any applicable expiration dates shall be
given for funds made available through the federal government.

SECTION 33. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all across-the-board
reductions applied to the Executive Branch, unless otherwise stated, shall apply to
current unrestricted and general funds in the University System of Maryland, St.
Mary's College of Maryland, Morgan State University, and Baltimore City
Community College.

SECTION 34. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) shall maintain three statewide subobjects for fiscal
2006. Subobject 0111 is for leave payout funds used when long-term employees leave
State service and are entitled to payment for accrued leave, subobject 0112 is for
funds to be used for reclassifications and hiring above the minimum for a
classification, and subobject 0306 is for cell phone expenditures. DBM shall further
require that agency programs and subprograms specify in agency budget requests the
use to which subobjects 0110 (Miscellaneous Adjustments) and 0199 (Other Fringe
Benefit Costs) are being put.

SECTION 35. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the scope of the sick
leave incentive program established in Chapter 179, Acts of 2000 be limited to the
number of pilot sites, units, or facilities selected by the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) for purposes of a continuing pilot evaluation program. DBM
shall select any additional pilot sites, units, or facilities in the sick leave incentive
pilot program based on sick leave usage and hours of operation; variation between
agencies shall be considered. Sick leave incentive payments made shall be limited to
the use of existing funds. DBM shall use the same system used in the February 1,
2002, report to the budget committees for tracking the costs and savings related to the
sick leave incentive program and shall make another report on February 1, 2005, no
matter the scope of the pilot.

SECTION 36. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(1)     a reduction of $100,000 is made in this budget for the
Telecommunications program in the Office of Information Technology;

(2)     the Governor shall develop a schedule for allocating this reduction
across the various State agencies that receive services from the Telecommunications
program and across all funds based on State agency use of those services; and

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

Fund                                                 Amount

General                                              $63,000

Special                                                 22,000

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