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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="7-108" future_version_removed="true" title_number="7" title_name="Appropriations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Operating Budget">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In accordance with the Maryland Constitution and other law, the Governor shall include in each budget bill:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an appropriation to pay the principal of and interest on the State debt;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>without revision, the appropriations requested for public schools, as certified by the State Superintendent of Schools;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>without revision, the appropriations requested for the Legislative Branch of the State government, as certified by the presiding officers of the General Assembly;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>without revision, the appropriations requested for the Judicial Branch of the State government, as certified by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the appropriations requested by the Governor for the Executive Branch of the State government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the appropriations required by law to be included with the appropriations for the Executive Branch;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>appropriations for the salaries required by law to be paid by the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>without revision, appropriations for the Accountability and Implementation Board, as jointly certified by the presiding officers of the General Assembly and the Governor; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>any other appropriations required by the Maryland Constitution or other law to be included in the budget bill.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Governor shall use the current salary plan of the Secretary of Budget and Management as the basis for the appropriations to pay those salaries to which the plan applies.</text>
  </level>
</section>
