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MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-710 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 7 - Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics|Section 2-710 - Citizens' Advisory Board for Legislative Ethics

    (a)    In this section, “Board” means the Citizens’ Advisory Board for Legislative Ethics established under subsection (b) of this section.    (b)    (1)    There is a Citizens’ Advisory Board for Legislative Ethics.        (2)    The Board consists of the following members:            (i)    a member of the public who shall serve as the chair, appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House;            (ii)    two members of the public, appointed by the President of the Senate; and            (iii)    two members of the public, appointed by the Speaker of the House.        (3)    (i)    A member of the Board:                1.    shall be a resident of the State;                2.    may not be a State or local elected official; and                3.    may not be a regulated lobbyist.            (ii)    No more than two members of the Board at any one time may be former members of the General Assembly.            (iii)    The members of the Board shall be chosen so that each political party is represented in approximately the same proportion as the party is represented in the General Assembly.            (iv)    In appointing members of the Board, the presiding officers shall seek individuals with a knowledge of or background in public ethics.        (4)    (i)    The term of a member of the Board is 2 years and begins on January 1 of each even–numbered year.            (ii)    At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.            (iii)    A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.        (5)    With the consent of the Legislative Policy Committee, the President and Speaker may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.    (c)    The Board shall regularly offer recommendations to the Committee and the presiding officers regarding changes to the Public Ethics Law, the policies and procedures of the Committee, and public advisory opinions of the Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-801 - "Committee" Defined

    In this subtitle, “Committee” means the Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-802 - Established

    There is a Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds, which is a joint committee of the Senate and the House.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-803 - Membership

    (a)    (1)    The Committee consists of 8 members.        (2)    Of the 8 members:            (i)    4 shall be Senators, appointed by the President; and            (ii)    4 shall be Delegates, appointed by the Speaker.    (b)    (1)    A member appointed by the President serves at the pleasure of the President.        (2)    A member appointed by the Speaker serves at the pleasure of the Speaker.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-804 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-804 - Officers

    The President and the Speaker jointly shall appoint the chairman and the vice chairman of the Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-805 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-805 - Quorum; Meetings

    (a)    A majority of the full authorized membership of the Committee is a quorum.    (b)    The Committee shall meet:        (1)    at the times and places that it determines; and        (2)    at the call of its chairman or, if the chairman is absent, at the call of its vice chairman.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-806 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-806 - Functions

    (a)    The Committee has the function to review the investment and management policies and procedures:        (1)    of the Treasurer with respect to State funds in the State Treasury;        (2)    of any officer or unit with respect to State funds that are not in the State Treasury and are not under the jurisdiction of a retirement system; and        (3)    of local governments with respect to public funds.    (b)    Subject to § 2-1257 of this title, on or before the 1st day of each regular session, the Committee shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on any recommendations as to the office of Treasurer.    (c)    The function and authority of the Treasurer as a member of the Board of Public Works are not subject to the review of the Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-807 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 8 - Joint Committee on the Management of Public Funds|Section 2-807 - Subpoenas; Oaths; Testimony; Depositions

    (a)    In carrying out any of its functions or powers, the Committee may:        (1)    issue subpoenas;        (2)    compel the attendance of witnesses;        (3)    compel the production of any papers, books, accounts, documents, and testimony;        (4)    administer oaths; and        (5)    cause the depositions of witnesses, who reside in or outside of the State, to be taken in the manner provided by law for taking depositions in a civil case.    (b)    (1)    If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this section or fails to testify on any matter on which the person lawfully may be interrogated, on petition of a member of the Committee, a circuit court may pass an order directing compliance with the subpoena or compelling testimony and may enforce the order by proceedings for contempt.        (2)    Venue and procedures for a proceeding under paragraph (1) of this subsection to direct compliance with a subpoena or compel testimony are as provided in § 2–1803 of this title.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 9 - Federal Relations|Section 2-901 - "Committee" Defined

    In this subtitle, “Committee” means the Joint Committee on Federal Relations.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 9 - Federal Relations|Section 2-902 - Committee Established

    There is a Joint Committee on Federal Relations, which is a joint committee of the Senate and the House.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-903 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 9 - Federal Relations|Section 2-903 - Membership of Committee

    (a)    The Committee consists of 16 members.    (b)    Of the 16 Committee members:        (1)    8 shall be Senators, appointed by the President; and        (2)    8 shall be Delegates, appointed by the Speaker.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-904 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 9 - Federal Relations|Section 2-904 - Officers of Committee

    (a)    The President and the Speaker jointly shall appoint a chairman and a vice chairman of the Committee.    (b)    (1)    The President shall appoint a chairman of the Senate members of the Committee.        (2)    The Speaker shall appoint a chairman of the House members of the Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-905 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 9 - Federal Relations|Section 2-905 - Staff Services

    The Department of Legislative Services shall provide staff assistance to the Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-906 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 9 - Federal Relations|Section 2-906 - Duties of Committee

    (a)    The Committee shall:        (1)    as to the relations between the State and the federal government:            (i)    monitor and evaluate the relations;            (ii)    monitor proposals to change the relations;            (iii)    evaluate the impact of the proposals on the State and its citizens and on local governments; and            (iv)    keep officials of the Executive and Legislative branches of the State government and others informed about the relations and the potential impact of proposals to change the relations;        (2)    serve as a forum for consideration of certain State-local issues;        (3)    try to advance the cooperation between the State and other units of government by proposing or facilitating any actions that the Committee considers advisable, including:            (i)    the adoption of compacts;            (ii)    the enactment of uniform statutes;            (iii)    the enactment of reciprocal statutes;            (iv)    the adoption of uniform administrative rules or regulations;            (v)    the adoption of reciprocal administrative rules or regulations;            (vi)    the informal cooperation between government offices;            (vii)    the personal cooperation between officials and employees of governments; and            (viii)    the exchange of information; and        (4)    do any other thing that the Legislative Policy Committee assigns.    (b)    Subject to § 2-1257 of this title, the Committee shall submit to the General Assembly:        (1)    an annual report, within 15 days after the General Assembly convenes for a regular session; and        (2)    any other report that the Committee considers appropriate.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1001 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1001 - "Committee" Defined

    In this subtitle, “Committee” means the Spending Affordability Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1002 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1002 - Findings and Statement of Purpose

    (a)    The General Assembly finds that State expenditures for operating and capital programs must be controlled so that the level of State spending is consistent with the economic growth of the State.    (b)    (1)    The control of spending shall be exercised through the budgetary process as well as through legislative oversight and program review.        (2)    The budget focuses on spending for the next fiscal year and provides careful scrutiny of new programs or expansion of existing programs and services and weighs the incremental cost of the State budget in light of the priority needs of the citizens.        (3)    Legislative oversight seeks to eliminate inefficiencies in governmental activities and to evaluate programs in order to eliminate those no longer required and to avoid overlap and duplication of services and activities.    (c)    (1)    The Legislative Policy Committee shall be responsible for coordinating the spending affordability program of the General Assembly by appointment of a Spending Affordability Committee and by selection of program evaluation projects and direction of oversight activities.        (2)    The goal of the spending affordability program is to limit the rate of growth of State spending to a level that does not exceed the rate of growth of the State’s economy.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1003 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1003 - Spending Affordability Committee; Advisory Committee

    (a)    On or before June 1 of each year, the Legislative Policy Committee shall create a Spending Affordability Committee comprised of an equal number of Senators and Delegates. The Committee membership includes:        (1)    the President and the Speaker;        (2)    the chairmen of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee;        (3)    the majority and minority leaders of the Senate and the House or their designees; and        (4)    other members of the Senate and the House who may be appointed by the President and the Speaker.    (b)    The chairman of the Committee shall be designated jointly by the President and the Speaker.    (c)    The President and the Speaker may appoint an advisory committee of citizens to assist the Committee in its deliberations.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1004 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1004 - Study of Spending and Economy

    (a)    The Committee shall review in detail the status and projections of the revenues and expenditures of the State and the status and projections of the economy of the State.    (b)    In evaluating future State expenditures, the Committee shall consider economic indicators such as personal income, gross State product, or other data.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1005 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1005 - Report; Analysis

    (a)    On or before December 1 of each year, the Committee shall submit, subject to § 2-1257 of this title, to the Legislative Policy Committee and the Governor a report with recommendations on fiscal goals for the State budget to be considered at the next regular session of the General Assembly, including:        (1)    a recommended level of State spending;        (2)    a recommended level of new debt authorization;        (3)    a recommended level of State personnel;        (4)    a recommended use of any anticipated surplus; and        (5)    other findings or recommendations that the Committee considers appropriate.    (b)    If the report recommends expenditures in excess of the annual increase in personal income, gross State product, or other data that the Committee used to measure the growth of the State’s economy, the Committee shall provide the Senate and the House with an analysis as to the extent the recommendation exceeds those economic indicators.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1006 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1006 - Action by Budget Committees

    The Senate and the House budget committees:         (1)    in considering a proposed State budget, shall consider the recommendations of the Spending Affordability Committee; and        (2)    shall:            (i)    report a budget bill that conforms to those recommendations; or            (ii)    if the level of the budget bill in the report is above those recommendations, provide, with the report, an analysis stating the extent to which the budget bill exceeds the recommendations and explaining the budget committee’s rationale for exceeding the recommendations.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1007 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1007 - Staff; State Units

    (a)    The Department of Legislative Services shall provide staff services for the Committee.    (b)    Units in the Executive Branch of the State government shall cooperate with the Committee and provide information to the Committee and its staff as requested.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1008 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1008 - Duty of Department of Legislative Services

    On or before June 1 of each year, the Department of Legislative Services shall report, subject to § 2-1257 of this title, to the Legislative Policy Committee the extent to which the State budget as enacted by the General Assembly conformed to the recommendations of the Spending Affordability Committee.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1009 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1009 - Program Evaluation

    On or before June 1 of each year, the Legislative Policy Committee shall select units or programs that the Legislative Policy Committee believes should be subject to legislative review and assign the selected units and programs to an appropriate committee for review and recommendations during that legislative interim.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-1010 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10 - Spending Affordability|Section 2-1010 - Private Activity Bonds -- Definitions; Reports of State Issuer

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Internal Revenue Code” means Title 26 of the United States Code.        (3)    “Private activity bond” has the meaning stated in § 141 of the Internal Revenue Code.        (4)    “State issuer” means the State of Maryland or any agency of the State of Maryland with authority to issue private activity bonds.    (b)    On or before January 15 of each year, any State issuer of private activity bonds shall report, subject to § 2–1257 of this title, to the Committee:        (1)    the actual level of private activity bonds issued in the prior year; and        (2)    the projected level of private activity bonds to be issued in the current year.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-10A-01 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10A - Miscellaneous Statutory Committees|Section 2-10A-01 - Chesapeake Bay Critical Areas

    (a)    There is a Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area.    (b)    (1)    The Committee consists of 10 members.        (2)    Of the 10 members:            (i)    5 shall be members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; and            (ii)    5 shall be members of the House of Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House.    (c)    The members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the presiding officer who appointed them.    (d)    The President and the Speaker shall jointly appoint a Senator and a Delegate each to serve as cochairman.    (e)    The Department of Legislative Services shall provide staff assistance to the Committee.    (f)    The Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays shall meet with the Committee periodically as the Committee requests to review development and implementation of the criteria for program development.    (g)    The Committee may study and make recommendations to the Legislative Policy Committee on any other area of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program the Committee considers appropriate.    (h)    The Committee shall meet with the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, representatives of counties and municipalities having land within the critical areas, and any other interested parties to study and determine:        (1)    whether adequate flexibility exists under the current criteria to meet the special characteristics and needs of the individual counties and municipalities having land within the critical areas;        (2)    whether the current timetable for review of approved local critical area protection programs is adequate to meet the special characteristics and needs of the individual counties and municipalities having land within the critical areas; and        (3)    whether the criteria need to be strengthened in any area so as to make the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program more effective in the protection of the water quality and habitat of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.    (i)    The Committee shall study and determine the appropriate future role of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, including:        (1)    whether the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays should remain an autonomous organization or be incorporated into an existing executive agency;        (2)    how long the current oversight role of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays should continue; and        (3)    whether the current appeal process is the most effective appeal process to meet the goals of the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area protection law.
MD. State Government Code Ann. §  2-10A-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|State Government|Title 2 - General Assembly|Subtitle 10A - Miscellaneous Statutory Committees|Section 2-10A-02 - Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders

    // EFFECTIVE UNTIL MAY 31, 2021 PER CHAPTER 464 OF 2015 //    (a)    There is a Joint Committee on Behavioral Health and Opioid Use Disorders.    (b)    (1)    The Committee consists of 10 members.        (2)    Of the 10 members:            (i)    5 shall be members of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate; and            (ii)    5 shall be members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House.    (c)    The members of the Committee serve at the pleasure of the presiding officer who appointed them.    (d)    The President and the Speaker jointly shall appoint a Senator and a Delegate to serve as cochairs.    (e)    The Committee shall have oversight over:        (1)    the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program;        (2)    State and local programs to treat and reduce behavioral health disorders; and        (3)    State and local programs to treat and reduce opioid use disorders.    (f)    The purposes of the Committee are to:        (1)    review the final report of the Governor’s Heroin and Opioid Emergency Task Force;        (2)    review and monitor the activities of the Governor’s Inter–Agency Heroin and Opioid Coordinating Council;        (3)    monitor the effectiveness of programs, policies, and practices, including:            (i)    the State’s behavioral health system;            (ii)    the State Overdose Prevention Plan;            (iii)    local overdose prevention plans;            (iv)    strategic planning practices to reduce prescription drug abuse in the State;            (v)    efforts to enhance overdose response statutory laws, regulations, and training;            (vi)    local overdose fatality review teams; and            (vii)    efforts to expand use of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program by the Maryland Department of Health as a public health tool for monitoring and responding to prescribing patterns across the State;        (4)    review the extent to which health insurance carriers in the State are complying with federal and State mental health and addiction parity laws; and        (5)    identify areas of concern and, as appropriate, recommend corrective measures to the Governor and the General Assembly.