2020 LAWS OF MARYLAND [CH. 690

(a) The State Roads Commission shall allocate for the ac-
count of each county a share determined by the proportion
which the total mileage of county roads in that county bears
to the total mileage of county roads in all the counties, but
such share shall not be less than the amount the county would
have received from the former "One and One-half Cent Lateral
Road Gasoline Tax Fund" as apportioned under Section 9 of
Article 89B of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1943 Supple-
ment), if said Section 9 had not been repealed by this Act,
and to that end the respective shares of all counties shall be
adjusted proportionately as may be necessary. From the share
so determined, the State Roads Commission shall deduct the
amount, if any, allocated to a municipality under the next
succeeding sub-division (b) hereof. The resulting share shall
constitute the county's share for the purposes of this section.

(b) If any municipality which is authorized by law to con-
struct or maintain streets or roads shall request the State
Roads Commission in writing not later than thirty days prior
to the beginning of any State fiscal year for its share of the
funds distributable under this section, the State Roads Com-
mission during such fiscal year shall allocate for the county
or such municipality a portion of the share as first determined
in Sub-section (a) hereof of the county within which the muni-
cipality lies. Such portion shall be determined by the propor-
tion which the total mileage of county roads in the municipal-
ity bears to the total mileage of county roads in such county.
The portion so determined shall be the municipality's share
for the purposes of this section. In the distribution of the
shares pursuant to this sub-division, the special improvement
districts in Prince George's County shall be treated as munici-
palities, but the payments made hereunder shall be retained
by the County Commissioners of said county as credits to said
districts, and shall be applied toward the cost of maintenance
of such streets and roads in the said districts the upkeep of
which is not a financial obligation of the County. SO LONG
AS IT HAS AN INDEBTEDNESS.

(c) The mileage proportions required by Sub-division (a)
and, when applicable, by Subdivision (b) of this section shall
be computed by the State Roads Commission as of June 30,

1947. for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, and recomputed
as of December 1, 1947, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,

1948. and as of December 1 of each year thereafter for each
next succeeding fiscal year. To assist the Commission in mak-
ing such computations, the County Commissioners of the re-
spective counties and the appropriate officials of such munici-
palities as may have requested a share under said Sub-division
(b), shall, not later than December 31, 1948, make a report