# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 7. Appropriations

### Subtitle 2. Disbursements and Expenditures

#### Section 7-235

(a)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section applies to:

    (i) each unit of the State government; and

    (ii) each unit that:

      (1) is created by general law; and

      (2) operates in 2 or more counties.

  (2) This section does not apply to a bicounty commission that county governing bodies appoint if those bodies also review the budget of the commission.

(b) A unit may not adopt a rule or regulation or take any other administrative action that would result in expenditures in excess of the limitations in the State budget unless:

  (1) the General Assembly expressly approves the administrative action;

  (2) if the General Assembly is not in session, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Delegates:

    (i) consult with the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee; and

    (ii) after receiving the written advice of the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, jointly give written approval for the administrative action; or

  (3) the Governor declares, by proclamation, that the administrative action is necessary and a matter of emergency.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)