Md. Code, State Government § 8-201

This is the official text of Md. Code, State Government § 8-201, part of Maryland’s Code, State Government — covers the structure and operation of Maryland state government.

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§8–201.

Official statutory text

(a) The Executive Branch of the State government shall have not more than 22 principal departments, each of which shall embrace a broad, functional area of that Branch.

(b) The principal departments of the Executive Branch of the State government are:

(1) Aging;

(2) Agriculture;

(3) Budget and Management;

(4) Commerce;

(5) Disabilities;

(6) Emergency Management;

(7) the Environment;

(8) General Services;

(9) Health;

(10) Housing and Community Development;

(11) Human Services;

(12) Information Technology;

(13) Juvenile Services;

(14) Labor;

(15) Natural Resources;

(16) Planning;

(17) Public Safety and Correctional Services;

(18) Service and Civic Innovation;

(19) Social and Economic Mobility;

(20) State Police;

(21) Transportation; and

(22) Veterans and Military Families.

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