Ch. 492 LAWS OF MARYLAND
DEPARTMENTS OF CHARLES COUNTY;

(2) REVENUE DERIVED FROM FOUR CENTS ($0.04) OF THE FIRE
AND RESCUE TAX SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE VARIOUS RESCUE
SQUADS ANP MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS OF CHARLES COUNTY;

(3) REVENUE DERIVED FROM ONE CENT ($0.01) OF THE FIRE
AND RESCUE TAX SHALL BE USED TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THE
FUNDED LENGTH OF SERVICE AWARD DESCRIBED IN § 54-8 OF THIS
CHAPTER.

E. USE OF FUNDS; EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS TO CONFORM TO
ESTABLISHED STANDARDS. THE FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE RESPECTIVE
FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND RESCUE SQUADS, INCLUDING MOBILE
INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, FROM THIS FIRE AND RESCUE TAX SHALL BE
USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING, REPAIRING, REPLACING,
OPERATING AND MAINTAINING THEIR FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE
EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS AND THE HOUSING OF THE SAME AND
FOR FIRE PREVENTION AND TRAINING. THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF
EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS OF SAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND RESCUE
SQUADS SHALL CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS PRESCRIBED BY THE
CHARLES COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND BY THE
CHARLES COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,
RESPECTIVELY. NO RESOLUTION, REGULATION OR BYLAW SHALL BE
PASSED BY SAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS OR RESCUE SQUADS LIMITING OR
RESTRICTING THE TERRITORY WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY THIS
FIRE AND RESCUE TAX WITHIN WHICH IT WILL RESPOND TO
EMERGENCY CALLS.

F. ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDING AUTHORIZED. IN ADDITION
TO THE FIRE AND RESCUE TAX BENEFITS, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF CHARLES COUNTY ARE AUTHORIZED TO PAY OUT OF THE GENERAL
FUNDS OF THE COUNTY ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE VARIOUS FIRE
DEPARTMENTS AND RESCUE SQUADS AS THEY DEEM NECESSARY. THE
BOARD OF FIRE AND RESCUE COMMISSIONERS SHALL CONSIDER THESE
PAYMENTS IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNTS DUE THE VARIOUS FIRE
DEPARTMENTS AND RESCUE SQUADS UNDER THE FORMULA
DISTRIBUTION PLAN AND IN DETERMINING WHETHER EXCESS
PROCEEDS EXIST.

54-2. DISPOSITION OF EXCESS PROCEEDS.

EXCESS PROCEEDS, HEREIN DEFINED AS PROCEEDS FROM THE FIRE
AND RESCUE TAX IN EXCESS OF THOSE NECESSARY TO SATISFY THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRECEDING SUBSECTIONS, SHALL, UPON
RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE AND RESCUE
COMMISSIONERS, BE USED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
REDUCE THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE VARIOUS FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND
RESCUE SQUADS, TO ASSIST IN THE FORMATION OF NEW FIRE

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