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SENATE BILL 190
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By: The President (By Request – Administration)
Introduced and read first time: January 15, 2020
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted with floor amendments
Read second time: March 6, 2020
CHAPTER ______
1 Budget Bill
2 (Fiscal Year 2021)
3 AN ACT for the purpose of making the proposed appropriations contained in the State
4 Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, in accordance with Article III,
5 Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; and generally relating to appropriations
6 and budgetary provisions made pursuant to that section.
7 SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND,
8 That subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth and subject to the Public General Laws
9 of Maryland relating to the Budget procedure, the several amounts hereinafter specified,
10 or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes designated, are hereby
11 appropriated and authorized to be disbursed for the several purposes specified for the fiscal
12 year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, as hereinafter indicated.
13 PAYMENTS TO CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE
14 A15O00.01 Disparity Grants
15 General Fund Appropriation, provided that
16 $250,000 of this appropriation made for the 1
17 purpose of a Disparity Grant for Baltimore
18 City may not be expended until Baltimore
19 City includes in its Capital Improvement
20 Plan an upgrade for a facility in East
21 Baltimore that would be suitable as a
EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
amendment.
Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments.
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1 transfer site for small haulers that need to
1
2 dispose of waste and provides a report to cont
3 the budget committees detailing the
4 transfer site location and timeline for
5 opening. The report shall be submitted
6 prior to the expenditure of funds, and the
7 budget committees shall have 45 days from
8 the date of receipt of the report to review
9 and comment. Funds restricted pending
10 receipt of this report may not be
11 transferred by budget amendment or
12 otherwise to any other purpose and shall
13 revert to the General Fund if the report is
14 not received ................................................. 158,321,523
15 A15O00.02 Teacher Retirement Supplemental
16 Grants
17 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 27,658,661
18 A15O00.03 Miscellaneous Grants
19 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 1,220,000
20 SUMMARY
21 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 185,980,184
22 Total Special Fund Appropriation ......................................... 1,220,000
23
24 Total Appropriation .......................................................... 187,200,184
25
26 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND
27 B75A01.01 Senate
28 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 14,596,654
29 B75A01.02 House of Delegates
30 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 27,907,775
31 B75A01.03 General Legislative Expenses
32 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 1,158,515
33 DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
34 B75A01.04 Office of Operations and Support
35 Services
36 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 18,585,967
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1 B75A01.05 Office of Legislative Audits
2 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 15,118,434
3 B75A01.06 Office of Program Evaluation and
4 Government Accountability
5 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 893,437
6 B75A01.07 Office of Policy Analysis
7 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 22,788,516
8 SUMMARY
9 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 101,049,298
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1 JUDICIARY
2 Provided that $2,662,280 $3,554,879 in
3 general funds for new positions is reduced 2
4 and 46.0 57.0 new positions (35 46 regular
5 employees and 11 full–time equivalent
6 contractual bailiffs) are eliminated.
7 Further provided that $5,713,700 in general
8 funds, $377,991 in special funds, and
9 $83,363 in reimbursable funds for
10 employee merit increases in fiscal 2021 is
11 reduced. The Chief Judge is authorized to
12 allocate this reduction across the Judiciary.
13 Further provided that the Judiciary’s budget
14 is increased by $4,537,198 in general funds
15 and $282,818 in special funds to provide
16 employees with a 2% general salary
17 increase effective January 1, 2021. The
18 Chief Judge is authorized to allocate these
19 funds across the Judiciary.
20 Further provided that it is the intent of the
21 General Assembly that all general salary
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22 increases provided by the Executive Branch
23 for State employees be provided for the
24 Judiciary in the budget of the Department
25 of Budget and Management.
26 C00A00.01 Court of Appeals
27 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 13,892,374
28 C00A00.02 Court of Special Appeals
29 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 13,819,003
30 C00A00.03 Circuit Court Judges
31 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 75,668,981
32 Funds are appropriated in other agency
33 budgets to pay for services provided by this
34 program. Authorization is hereby granted
35 to use these receipts as special funds for
36 operating expenses in this program.
37 C00A00.04 District Court
38 General Fund Appropriation, provided that
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1 $8,250,000 of the general fund
2 appropriation may be expended only for the
3 purpose of providing attorneys for required
4 representation at initial appearances
5 before District Court Commissioners
6 consistent with the holding of the Court of
7 Appeals in DeWolfe v. Richmond. Any
8 funds not expended for this purpose shall
9 revert to the General Fund ......................... 218,114,834
10 212,823,507
11 C00A00.06 Administrative Office of the Courts
12 General Fund Appropriation, provided that
13 $750,000 of this appropriation made for the 4
14 purpose of providing grants through the
15 Administrative Office of the Courts may not
16 be expended for that purpose but instead
17 may be transferred by budget amendment to
18 program D21A01.01 in the Governor’s
19 Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and
20 Victim Services to be used only to provide
21 funds for the Pretrial Services Program
22 Grant Fund, established by Chapter 771 of
23 2018. Funds not expended for this restricted
24 purpose may not be transferred by budget
25 amendment or otherwise and shall revert to
26 the General Fund ........................................ 75,696,933
27 74,827,042
28 75,136,933 5
29 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 22,000,000
30 Federal Fund Appropriation ............................ 268,822 97,965,755
31 97,095,864
32 97,405,755
33
34 C00A00.07 Court Related Agencies
35 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 3,554,118
36 C00A00.08 Thurgood Marshall State Law Library
37 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 3,890,563
38 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 5,979 3,896,542
39
40 C00A00.09 Judicial Information Systems
41 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 51,260,172
42 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 9,079,654 60,339,826
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1 C00A00.10 Clerks of the Circuit Court
2 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 110,631,070
3 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 20,239,881 130,870,951
4
5 Funds are appropriated in other agency
6 budgets to pay for services provided by this
7 program. Authorization is hereby granted
8 to use these receipts as special funds for
9 operating expenses in this program.
10 C00A00.12 Major Information Technology
11 Development Projects
12 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 18,360,001
13 SUMMARY
14 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 560,676,721
15 Total Special Fund Appropriation ......................................... 69,685,515
16 Total Federal Fund Appropriation ........................................ 268,822
17
18 Total Appropriation .......................................................... 630,631,058
19
20 OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
21 C80B00.01 General Administration
22 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 10,452,717
23 C80B00.02 District Operations
24 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 92,619,490
25 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 576,369
26 Federal Fund Appropriation ............................ 1,922,147 95,118,006
27
28 Funds are appropriated in other agency
29 budgets to pay for services provided by this
30 program. Authorization is hereby granted
31 to use these receipts as special funds for
32 operating expenses in this program.
33 C80B00.03 Appellate and Inmate Services
34 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 7,816,096
35 C80B00.04 Involuntary Institutionalization
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1 Services
2 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 2,096,756
3 SUMMARY
4 Total General Fund Appropriation ........................................ 112,985,059
5 Total Special Fund Appropriation ......................................... 576,369
6 Total Federal Fund Appropriation ........................................ 1,922,147
7
8 Total Appropriation .......................................................... 115,483,575
9
10 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
11 C81C00.01 Legal Counsel and Advice
12 General Fund Appropriation, provided that,
13 contingent on the enactment of SB 407 or 6
14 HB 745, $250,000 of this appropriation
15 made for the purpose of operations of the
16 Office of the Attorney General may not be
17 expended for that purpose but instead may
18 be used only to establish and fund the
19 Senior and Vulnerable Adult Asset
20 Recovery Unit. Funds not expended for this
21 restricted purpose may not be transferred
22 by budget amendment or otherwise to any
23 other purpose and shall revert to the
24 General Fund .............................................. 6,294,590
25 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 2,799,826 9,094,416
26
27 Funds are appropriated in other agency
28 budgets to pay for services provided by this
29 program. Authorization is hereby granted
30 to use these receipts as special funds for
31 operating expenses in this program.
32 C81C00.04 Securities Division
33 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 2,757,393
34 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 1,224,869 3,982,262
35 924,869 3,682,262
36
37 C81C00.05 Consumer Protection Division
38 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 700,000
39 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 7,866,450 8,566,450
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2 Funds are appropriated in other agency
3 budgets to pay for services provided by this
4 program. Authorization is hereby granted
5 to use these receipts as special funds for
6 operating expenses in this program.
7 C81C00.06 Antitrust Division
8 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 766,037
9 C81C00.09 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
10 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 1,329,770
11 Federal Fund Appropriation ............................ 3,966,400 5,296,170
12
13 C81C00.10 People’s Insurance Counsel Division
14 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 661,347
15 C81C00.12 Juvenile Justice Monitoring Program
16 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 499,290
17 C81C00.14 Civil Litigation Division
18 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 2,780,249
19 Special Fund Appropriation ............................. 508,001 3,288,250
20
21 Funds are appropriated in other agency
22 budgets to pay for services provided by this
23 program. Authorization is hereby granted
24 to use these receipts as special funds for
25 operating expenses in this program.
26 C81C00.15 Criminal Appeals Division
27 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 2,954,689
28 C81C00.16 Criminal Investigation Division
29 General Fund Appropriation ........................... 2,322,083
30 Funds are appropriated in other agency
31 budgets to pay for services provided by this
32 program. Authorization is hereby granted
33 to use these receipts as special f