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be determined by the County Board with due regard to the
available resources and necessary expenditures of the indi-
vidual and the conditions existing in each case, and shall be
sufficient, when added to all other income and support avail-
able to the recipient, to provide such person with a reasonable
subsistence compatible with decency and health. [Such assist-
ance may include an allowance for nursing or other special
types of care, as provided by rule and regulation of the State
Department. In determining the resources available to any
applicant for aid under the provisions of this sub-title, no
income shall be considered unless it is regular, computable,
and currently at the disposal of the applicant for meeting his
present and immediate needs. ] In determining the eligibility
of any applicant for aid under the provisions of this sub-title
an earned not to exceed [six hundred dollars ($600)

per annum] fifty dollars ($50) per month, from whatever

source derived shall not be deemed an available resource of
THE FIRST FIFTY DOLLARS ($50) OF EARNED IN-
COME PER MONTH SHALL BE DISREGARDED AND
SHALL NOT BE DEEMED AN AVAILABLE RESOURCE
OF the applicant within the meaning of this sub-title. [; nor
shall such income, not to exceed six hundred dollars ($600) per
annum, be in any way taken into account in determining
eligibility for aid or the amount of assistance to be granted.
However, this said income not to exceed six hundred dollars
($600) per annum, shall not be permitted any applicant for
aid under this sub-title if to do so would deprive the State of
Federal assistance in financing the State's program of aid to
the needy blind, and to be permitted this exemption the ap-
plicant must conform to all the requirements of any Federal
legislation under which such income may be permitted. ]

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1951.

Approved March 14, 1951.

CHAPTER 87
(House Bill 31)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 15
of Article 78B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1947

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