Forvm for Rural Maryland, established; State membership unit of the
Appalachian Regional Commission and Appalachian Regional
Development Program, transferred from Department of Housing
and Community Development to Department of Economic and
Employment Development .............................................................

Howard County -
Mental health core service agencies, establishment of quasi-public
authorities activated by county ordinance to serve as, provisions
added...........................................................................................

Mandates on local government units imposed by State regulation,
evaluation of fiscal impact, requirements added .............................

Radiation control statute, definition of "person", added ..................

Reduction in number of State positions in various departments and
agencies, provisions added ................................................................

Representation of clients by a member of the General Assembly for
compensation before a State agency in any matter involving

procurement or the adoption of regulations, prohibited.................

Tobacco Authority, State, compensation of members, increased .......

Transfer of funds between Department of Business and Economic
Development and the Department of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation, provisions added ...........................................................

Unique personnel classifications, responsibility for recruiting,
examining, certifying eligible lists, or making temporary
appointments for ...............................................................................

Withholding of partial salary of department head upon

noncompliance with fiscal requirements.........................................

Administrative Hearings, Office of —

Administrative Hearings, State Advisory Council on, number of
members required to be attorneys who practice before the Office of
Administrative Hearings, specified.................................................

Appropriation to....................................................................................

Administrative Office of the Courts —

Appropriation to....................................................................................

Administrative Procedure Act —
Mandates on local government units imposed by State regulation,

evaluation of fiscal impact, requirements added.............................

Adoption —
Child in need of assistance and guardianship proceedings, provisions

for notice of address changes of natural parents, maintenance and
. disclosure of juvenile court parental address records, and addresses

at which notice to natural parents must be served, altered ............

Court appointment of attorneys for children, disabled persons, and

indigent persons petitioning for protective services when the local

department of social services is responsible for payment for legal

services, requirements added............................................................

Criminal background investigations of adults residing with persons

seeking to adopt, required.................................................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

119	1522
531	2994
388 98	2486 1453
7	565 602
591 634	3365 3564
7	602
200	1958
7	568
415 7	2557 378 545 564
7	367
388	2486
177	1913
188	1934
298	2201