MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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for a consolidated account and special fund for
publications within the Department of Economic and
Community Development.

BY adding to

Article 41 — Governor—Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 257E(j)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 257E(j) be and it is hereby
added to Article 41 — Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor-Executive and Administrative

Departments

257E.

(J) THE DEPARTMENT MAY ESTABLISH A CONSOLIDATED
PUBLICATIONS ACCOUNT. EXCESS REVENGES REMAINING AT THE
END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, DERIVED FROM PUBLICATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OR ANY AGENCY IN THE DEPARTMENT, MAY BE PLACED
IN THIS ACCOUNT. EXPENDITURES FROM THE ACCOUNT ARE
RESTRICTED TO COST OF PRODUCING, DISTRIBUTING, AND
PROMOTING PUBLICATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND AGENCIES
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE COST OF FREE
PUBLICATIONS. UNEXPENDED MONIES IN THE ACCOUNT AT THE
END OF FISCAL 1975 AND ANY SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR SHALL
NOT REVERT, BUT SHALL BE MAINTAINED AS A SPECIAL FUND, UP
TO A MAXIMUM OF $25,000. ANY EXCESS OVER $25,000 SHALL
REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUNDS OF THE STATE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 362
(Senate Bill 826)