1860                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 664

COMMISSION SHALL BE FINAL. NO ONE PERSON, CORPO-
RATION OR ASSOCIATION SHALL BE GIVEN A LICENSE TO
CONDUCT RACING FOR MORE THAN [SEVENTY-EIGHT
(78)] NINETY (90) DAYS IN ONE YEAR, NOR SHALL MORE
THAN AN AGGREGATE OF ONE HUNDRED AND [FOUR
(104)] TWENTY (120) DAYS OF RACING BE HELD IN ANY
ONE YEAR ON ANY ONE TRACK WITHIN THE STATE OF
MARYLAND.

7.

(b) Said Racing Commission shall, [as soon as practicable dur-
ing nineteen hundred and sixty three (1963), award all dates for

racing in the State of Maryland within the current year, and shall,

on or before December 1 of nineteen hundred and sixty three (1963)
and] on or before December 1 of each year [thereafter], award all

dates for racing for the ensuing year. The said dates so awarded

shall not exceed [one hundred and twenty (120)] one hundred

fifty-six (156) days in the aggregate, and the decision of the Com-
mission on the award of all [such] dates shall be final.

(b-1) If at any time the Racing Commission finds that thor-

oughbred racing on mile tracks will be conducted at no more than

two locations within the State during any calendar year, it may

award dates for racing at those locations during that year not to

exceed one hundred eighty (180) days in the aggregate. If the

Racing Commission makes such a finding, it shall not issue licenses
or award dates for thoroughbred racing on mile tracks at more than
two locations for any subsequent year. The total number of days

awarded shall not exceed the figures in this section; and the figures

in this section include and shall not be increased by any days trans-

ferred or awarded under Section 18B of this Article or any other

laws of this State except to make up days missed in a previous year

as provided in Section 25 of this Article.

        (b-2) If the Commission awards more than 156 days in any

calendar year pursuant to Section 7(b-1) of this article, each licensee

licensed under Section 7 of this article shall designate one of the

days awarded to it as a charity day. Each licensee, on his designated

charity day, shall deduct the breakage computed to the ten cents

(10¢) and fifteen percent (15%) of the mutuel pool as provided in
Section 119(b), but instead of making the payments provided for in

sub-paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of Section 11(b), all of the break-
age and 5.5% of the mutuel pool shall be paid into the State treasury

for a special trust fund for the education of handicapped children,

which special trust fund shall be administered by the State Board

of Education. The amounts paid into the special trust fund shall

be in addition to and not in substitution for the regularly approved
budget for the education of handicapped children. In addition, each
FOR DEPOSIT INTO GENERAL FUNDS OF THE STATE, AND
SHALL BE APPROPRIATED THEREFROM AS PROVIDED BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE. IN ADDI-

TION, EACH licensee licensed under Section 7 of this article shall

pay into the State Treasury for the special trust fund an amount equal
to the net profit realized by it from the conduct of racing on its desig-
nated charity day. The computation of the net profit shall be made by
the Certified Public Accountant who prepares the licensee's annual

audit statement and the payment thereof shall be made within ten