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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="7-116" title_number="7" title_name="Appropriations" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Operating Budget">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “machine–readable format” means a comma–separated values file format.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On submission of the budget bill to the presiding officers of the General Assembly, the Governor shall provide the following number of copies of the budget books required under § 7–115 of this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>one copy to each member of the General Assembly; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>80 copies to the Department of Legislative Services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The information required under § 7–115 of this subtitle shall be provided in a machine–readable format on the website of the Department of Budget and Management simultaneously with the publication of the proposed annual State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department of Budget and Management shall archive the information provided in a machine–readable format on the website of the Department of Budget and Management beginning with the fiscal year 2017 budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
