CONTENTS Page
FOREWORD ................................................................ x
MARYLAND AT A GLANCE .............................................. 3
MARYLAND GOVERNMENT ............................................. 7
CAPSULE CHRONOLOGY ................................................. 10
STATE SYMBOLS ........................................................... 14
OFFICIAL BIOGRAPHIES

William Donald Schaefer, Governor ........................................... 21
Melvin A. Steinberg, Lieutenant Governor ..................................... 23
Louis L. Goldstein, Comptroller .............................................. 25
J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General ........................................ 25
Lucille Maurer, State Treasurer .............................................. 26
Winfield M. Kelly, Jr., Secretary of State ...................................... 27

LEGISLATURE

General Assembly .......................................................... 31
Legislative Process .......................................................... 33
Histories of the 1985 and 1986 Sessions ....................................... 35
Standing Committees ....................................................... 37
Statutory Committees ....................................................... 40
Special Joint Committees and Task Forces ..................................... 44
Legislative Agencies ........................................................ 45
Legislative Districts and Roster of Members ................................... 48
Biographies—Senate ........................................................ 83
Biographies—House of Delegates ............................................. 95

CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Governor .................................................................. 133
Lieutenant Governor ........................................................ 136
Comptroller ................................................................ 137
Treasurer .................................................................. 140
Board of Public Works ...................................................... 141
Secretary of State ........................................................... 143
Attorney General ........................................................... 145

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

Introduction ............................................................... 155
Biographies—Department Secretaries .,,,,.,..,,.......,,,.................... 155
Agriculture ................................................................ 159
Budget and Fiscal Planning .................................................. 171
Economic and Employment Development ..................................... 173
Education ................................................................. 187
Environment ............................................................... 193
General Services ............................................................ 201
Health and Mental Hygiene .................................................. 211
Housing and Community Development ........................................ 249
Human Resources .......................................................... 263
Licensing and Regulation .................................................... 273