CONTENTS

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FOREWORD ................................................ ix

MARYLAND AT A GLANCE ................................... 3

MARYLAND GOVERNMENT .................................. 5

CAPSULE CHRONOLOGY ..................................... 9

STATE SYMBOLS ............................................ 12

OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHIES

Harry Hughes, Governor ........................................... 19

J. Joseph Curran, Lieutenant Governor .................................. 22

Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller ...................................... 23

Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General .................................... 23

William S. James, State Treasurer ..................................... 24

Lorraine M. Sheehan, Secretary of State ................................. 24

LEGISLATURE

The General Assembly ............................................. 29

Histories of the 1981 and 1982 Sessions ................................. 31

Standing Committees .............................................. 32

Statutory Committees ............................................. 34

Special Joint Committees and Task Forces ............................... 37

Legislative Agencies .............................................. 38

Legislative Districts and Roster of Members .............................. 40

Biographies of Members of the General Assembly .......................... 79—126

CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Governor ...................................................... 129

Lieutenant Govenor .............................................. 131

Comptroller .................................................... 131

Treasurer ...................................................... 134

Board of Public Works ............................................ 135

Secretary of State ................................................ 137

Attorney General/State Law Department ................................ 139

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Introduction .................................................... 149

Department Secretaries ............................................ 151

Agriculture .................................................... 155

Budget and Fiscal Planning ......................................... 163

Economic and Community Development ................................ 167

General Services ................................................. 183

Health and Mental Hygiene ......................................... 195

Human Resources ................................................ 231

Licensing and Regulation ........................................... 245

Natural Resources ................................................ 261

Personnel ...................................................... 275

Public Safety and Correctional Services ................................. 279

State Planning .................................................. 299

Transportation .................................................. 305

EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, TASK FORCES,

AND ADVISORY BOARDS .................................. 319

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES .................................... 341