MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        757

subheading, the Division shall file the statement of financial condi-
tion in a special file which is available for inspection by any-
resident of the State of Maryland during normal business hours for
a period of three years. Any person may request a certified copy of
any statement of financial condition, and upon prepayment of a fee
of two dollars (2) ($2.00), the Division shall prepare and deliver the
copy as requested. After filing the statements of financial condition
for three years, the Division may dispose of them in accordance with
the provisions of Sections [177 and 178] 7 and 8 of Article [41] 54 of
the Code.

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

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 290
(House Bill 334)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 13(d)
and 14(e) of Article 88A of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1968 Supplement), title "State Department of Social Services,"
subtitle "In General," repealing AMENDING a portion of the laws
concerning the State Department of Social Services in order to
correct an error therein ERRORS THEREIN, AND TO CHANGE
THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE TEXT OF ONE OF THESE
SECTIONS.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 13(d) and 14(e) of Article 88A of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1968 Supplement), title "State Department of Social
Services," subtitle "In General," be and they are hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

13.

(d) Each of the twenty-three local departments in the counties
shall pay to the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Mary-
land annually an amount equal to twenty per centum (20%) of the
total amount which is required for that year as the State's or em-
ployer's contributions to the retirement system and the system
operating under the provisions of the Social Security Act of the
United States for the employees of each county, respectively; and
the contributions by the State to the retirement system and the
system operating under the provisions of the Social Security Act
shall be accordingly reduced. These payments shall be part of the
administrative costs of the local departments in the counties to be
paid from funds derived from local sources. If the ratio of adminis-
trative costs paid from funds derived from local sources varies from
time to time to a percentage greater or less than twenty per centum
(20%), the payment by the county of a proportion of the contribution
to the retirement system and the system operating under the provi-
sions of the Social Security Act shall be changed accordingly.