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ATCC urges end to statutory MOU requirement with comptroller; comptroller opposes removal
Summary
The Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Commission told the House Economic Matters Committee that House Bill 112 would remove a statutory requirement to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Comptroller’s Office; the Comptroller’s Office urged the committee to keep the requirement, saying it ‘‘future-proofs’’ interagency duties.
The Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Commission asked the House Economic Matters Committee for a favorable report on House Bill 112, which would remove a legislative requirement that the commission enter a memorandum of understanding with the Comptroller of Maryland.
The bill’s change, the ATCC said, would eliminate a statutory “shall” that requires an annual MOU between the two agencies. "House Bill 112 does a very simple thing. It removes the legislative mandate for an MOU between the comptroller of Maryland and the ATCC," said Jeff Kelly, executive director of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Cannabis Commission. Kelly told the committee the ATCC no longer relies on the comptroller for core administrative services and has built out human resources, budgeting, procurement and an independent licensing system.
The comptroller’s deputies urged the committee to retain the statutory mandate. Rachel Sessa, deputy comptroller for law and oversight, said the 2021 legislative requirement that the agencies enter an…
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