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ing compliance to the standards of said Association to the Board of
Fire and Rescue Commissioners. In the event the said Department
does not comply with the standards of the Charles County Volunteer
Firemen's Association within [six (6) months] a reasonable time
from the date that the Department receives notice from the Board
of Fire and Rescue Commissioners of its failure to comply with
said standards, then the funds allocated to that Department or
Departments shall be distributed [proportionately among the com-
panies assuming coverage of that area.] as necessary among the
companies assuming coverage of that area.

124 123.

(a) No Department receiving benefits under Sections 117 and

119 of this Article shall obligate itself for any capital expenditure,

including but not limited to the purchase of land, the purchase,
erection or modication of any building or structure, or the ac-
quisition of apparatus, without first obtaining the approval of the
Executive Committee of the Charles County Volunteer Firemens'
Association and the Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners. [In
the event such approval is not first obtained the Board may exclude
the cost of any such capital expenditure from the benefits of the
Fire Tax otherwise payable to such Department by the County Com-
missioners.]

123A.

(A) NO DEPARTMENT RECEIVING BENEFITS UNDER
SECTIONS 117 AND 118 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL OBLIGATE
ITSELF FOR ANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PURCHASE OF LAND, THE
PURCHASE, ERECTION OR MODIFICATION OF ANY BUILD-
ING OR STRUCTURE, OR THE ACQUISITION OF APPARATUS,
WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE APPROVAL OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CHARLES COUNTY
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION AND THE BOARD
OF FIRE AND RESCUE COMMISSIONERS.

(b) The Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners shall review
each such proposal and in the event the proposed expenditure ex-
ceeds the funds allocated in the formula distribution plan shall insure
that the organization requesting such approval is aware of the excess
and possesses adequate funds or means to raise such funds without
having a detrimental effect on its firefighting capability or jeop-
ardizing the organization's financial stability.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved May 14, 1969.

CHAPTER 718
(House Bill 1027)

AN ACT to authorize and empower the County Commissioners of
Frederick County, from time to time, to borrow not exceeding