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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0964* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 964 |
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| 8 | 8 | | B1 2lr2454 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 2lr3231 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Solomon |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2022 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Appropriations |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | State Operating Budget – Step Increases for State Employees – Reporting 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to report to the General Assembly on a certain 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | date the reasons why an appropriation sufficient to provide certain step increases for 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | State employees was not included in the annual budget bill under certain 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | circumstances; and generally relating to step increases for State employees. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY adding to 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – State Finance and Procurement 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 7–114.4 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2021 Replacement Volume) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – State Finance and Procurement 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7–114.4. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (A) IF THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BILL 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | AN APPROPRIATION SUF FICIENT TO PROVIDE STEP INCREASES FOR STATE 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | EMPLOYEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE PAY PLAN, THE GOVERNOR 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SHALL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 2–1257 OF 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, THE REASONS WHY AN APPROPRIATION FOR 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | THE STEP INCREASES WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BILL. 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (B) THE GOVERNOR SHALL SUBMIT THE REPORT REQUIRED UNDER 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION ON THE DATE ON WHICH THE ANNUAL BUDGET 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | BILL IS SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 964 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1, 2022. 2 |
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