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appropriate carryover costs from previous years.

(c) During each county's fiscal year, the county may expend the amounts
distributed to it from 911 fee collections for the installation, enhancement,
maintenance, and operation of a county or a multicounty 911 system.

(d) [The] FOR THOSE COUNTIES WITHOUT AN OPERATIONAL
ENHANCED 911 SYSTEM, THE Board shall adopt procedures to assure that:

(1) The moneys collected from the additional charge and distributed to the
counties are expended in the following proportions during each county's fiscal year:

(i) For a 911 system in a county or a multicounty area with a
population of 100,000 persons or less, a maximum of [50] 85 percent for personnel
costs;

(ii) For a 911 system in a county or multicounty area with a
population in excess of 100,000 persons, a maximum of [30] 70 percent for personnel
costs;

(2) The total amount collected from the 911 fee and the additional charge
shall be expended only for the installation, enhancement, maintenance, and operation
of a county or multicounty system.

(E) IF A COUNTY HAS AN OPERATIONAL ENHANCED 911 SYSTEM, IT
SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (D)(l) OF
THIS SECTION, SUBJECT TO THE ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE BOARD
UNDER § 18-103 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect January 1, 1991.

Approved May 29, 1990.

CHAPTER 511
(Senate Bill 824)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Loan Fund

FOR the purpose of establishing the Maryland Seafood and Aquaculture Loan Fund
as a nonlapsing, revolving fund to be administered by the Department of
Economic and Employment Development; providing for the receipts and
distribution of the Fund; requiring that loans made from the Fund meet certain
criteria, including being used to improve the quality, efficiency, and
competitiveness of the seafood processing industry and the aquaculture industry;
imposing certain conditions on loan applications and loan documents; providing
certain penalties for a violation of this Act; requiring the State Treasurer to make

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