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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="7-236" title_number="7" title_name="Appropriations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disbursements and Expenditures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A unit of the Executive Branch of the State government may not create a permanent staff position that is in addition to the positions for which the State budget and its supporting documents specifically provide unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Board of Public Works gives its approval; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>money for the position is available:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>from the General Emergency Fund; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>by budget amendment, from other special or federal funds.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>On the 1st day of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Secretary of Budget and Management shall submit, subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the appropriate committees of the General Assembly a report that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>states the total number of additional staff positions for which the Board of Public Works has given approval since the last regular session; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for each position, states:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the type;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the salary or wages; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the reasons for the approval.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The approval of a new position under this section is temporary. However, unless the General Assembly deletes the position from the budget bill, the position continues with the compensation provided in the State budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
