Maryland State Government Section 10-136
§ 10-136.
  (a)   (1)   If a unit other than those referred to in § 10-137, disagrees with a Committee recommendation and the disagreement has not been resolved by the termination of the period provided under § 10-135(d)(2), the unit, within 30 days thereafter, shall submit the evaluation report to the Governor with an explanation of the disagreement and a statement of justification for the unit's position.
    (2)   After receipt of the report and accompanying justification and after consulting with the presiding Chairman of the Committee, the Governor shall:
      (i)   approve the evaluation report either as proposed by the unit or with such modifications as the Governor deems appropriate; or
      (ii)   instruct the unit to modify the evaluation report and, under this section, to submit a revised report to the Governor and to the Committee.
  (b)   The unit shall provide the Committee, subject to § 2-1246 of this article, with a copy of an evaluation report approved by the Governor and any other written action taken by the Governor under this section.