INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Generally, the law creating an independent agency originates with the General Assembly, but occasionally an agency is formed pursuant to a mandate of the United States Congress. While statutorily distinct from principal departments of State government, independent agencies may receive budgetary or administrative support from them.

Maryland Environmental Service, 259 Najoles Road, Millersville, Maryland, August 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

• Administrative Hearings, Office of
• African American Museum Corporation, Maryland
• Agricultural & Resource-Based Industry Development Corporation, Maryland
• Archives, State
• Assessments & Taxation, State Department of
• Automobile Insurance Fund, Maryland

• Bainbridge Development Corporation

• Canal Place Preservation & Development Authority
• Chesapeake Bay Trust
• College Savings Plans of Maryland Board
• Contract Appeals, Maryland State Bd. of

• Deaf, Maryland School for the

• Economic Development Corp., Maryland
• Elections, State Board of
• Emergency Medical Services System, Maryland Institute for
• Energy Administration, Maryland
• Environmental Service, Maryland
• Ethics Commission, State

• Food Center Authority, Maryland

• Government House Trust

• Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority, Maryland
• Health Care Alternative Dispute Resolution Office
• Health Insurance Plan, Maryland
• Higher Education Commission, Maryland
• Higher Education Labor Relations Board, State
• Historic St. Mary's City Commission
• Human Relations, Commission on

• Injured Workers' Insurance Fund
• Insurance Administration, Maryland

• Labor Relations Board, State
• Lottery Agency, State

• Military Department

• PenMar Development Corporation
• People's Counsel
• Property Tax Assessment Appeals Boards
• Prosecutor, State
• Public Broadcasting Commission, Maryland
• Public Defender, Office of
• Public Service Commission

• Retirement & Pension System, State
• Retirement Plans, Teachers & State Employees Supplemental
• Rural Maryland Council

• St. Mary's City Commission, Historic
• Stadium Authority, Maryland
• State House Trust
• Subsequent Injury Fund Board

• Tax Court, Maryland
• Teachers & State Employees Supplemental Retirement Plans, Md.
• Technology Development Corporation, Maryland

• Uninsured Employers' Fund Board

• Venture Capital Trust, Maryland

• Workers' Compensation Commission, State
• Workforce Investment Board, Governor's

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