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

may hold a public hearing to discuss the proposed increase and must signal their
intent to hold a hearing within 45 days of receiving notice from MDOT.

SECTION 43. 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 in non-higher education agencies in
fiscal 2006, including the cost of additional employee compensation and fringe benefits
developed in consultation with unit representatives. The report shall include the fiscal
2006 total costs for each of the negotiated collective bargaining expenditure categories,
by agency, program, fund, and bargaining unit. Administrative costs related to
collective bargaining shall be included in the report. It shall also include
commensurate costs for employees not covered by collective bargaining. The report is
due on January 28, 2005.

The University System of Maryland, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Morgan
State University, and Baltimore City Community College shall also each provide a
report of the total fiscal 2006 cost of implementing provisions of collective bargaining,
including administrative costs. The report shall be identical in structure to the report
provided by the Department of Budget and Management. These reports are due on
January 28, 2005.

SECTION 44. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the General Assembly
intends that Maryland Prepaid College Trust continue making its State loan
repayments in fiscal 2005 and repayments be made in each year thereafter until the
entire balance is repaid. The amount repaid in fiscal 2005 should be no less than
$120,000.

SECTION 45. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department of
Juvenile Services may create up to 360 full-time equivalent (FTE) contractual
positions in order to operate the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School for the period following
the expiration of the contract with Youth Services International on March 31, 2004,
until such a time as a new vendor takes over operations at that facility. Further, these
contractual positions do not count against the contractual position cap established in
Section 41 of Chapter 202, Acts of 2003 or Section 40 of Senate Bill 125/House Bill
200. This exception to the contractual position cap applies only to the period that the
Department of Juvenile Services is operating the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School.

SECTION 46. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That no funds in this
budget may be expended to pay the salary of an Acting Secretary of any department
whose nomination as Secretary has been rejected by the Senate.

SECTION 47. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(1)     Prior to July 1, 2004, the Department of Budget and
Management shall file with the Comptroller of the Treasury a list of the
appropriations for each program in the State budget.

(2)     Prior to July 1, 2004, the Presiding Officers of the General
Assembly shall submit to the Comptroller of the Treasury a list of the
appropriations restricted in this Act. The Comptroller of the Treasury shall
place the restricted appropriations into a contingency reserve until such time

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