§ 9-3701 Definition
§ 9-3702 Establishment
§ 9-3703 Members
§ 9-3704 Chair and vice chair
§ 9-3705 Meetings
§ 9-3706 Director
§ 9-3707 Duties
§ 9-3708 Funding

Terms Used In Maryland Code > STATE GOVERNMENT > Title 9 > Subtitle 37 - Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See