2610                                  Municipal Charters

March Legislative Session 1969

Chapter 8A
(Bill No. 6-69)

An Act to repeal and reenact, with amendments, Section 29-2,
Chapter 29, title, "Burtonsville," of the Montgomery County Code
1965, to eliminate the maximum authorized tax rate and to state a time
in which the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., must
certify their operating and capital budget requests to the County
Council.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County, Maryland,
that—

Section 1. Section 29-2, Chapter 29, title "Burtonsville," of the
Montgomery County Code 1965, is hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

"Sec. 29-2. Annual levy; treasurer's bond, etc.

"The council is hereby authorized and empowered, for the fiscal year
1950-51 and each fiscal year thereafter, to levy annually against all the
real and personal property assessed for county tax purposes within the
area described in the preceding section, a tax at a rate on each one hundred
dollars of the assessed value of the property, which shall be determined,
levied, collected and paid over in the following manner: The Burtonsville
Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., shall determine the amount necessary
to be raised for the ensuing year to maintain, equip and operate the fire
department, and shall thereupon certify the same to the council, together
with its proposed operating and capital budget no later than February
15 of each year; the council levy shall produce an amount that may appear
to them as sufficient for the purposes, provided that the council shall not
levy such tax at a rate which would produce less than the amount so
certified by the Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., as necessary
to maintain, equip and operate the fire department, without a previous
public hearing to determine the necessity of any proposed reduction of the
amount so certified by the fire department. The proceeds of such tax shall
be paid annually, in installments every sixty days, to the Burtonsville
Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., or its successor, upon the treasurer of
the fire department giving a bond to the county, to be approved by the
county manager and the county attorney in a penal sum to be fixed by
them, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of the treasurer.
From the funds so received, the treasurer shall pay only such costs,
expenses, claims and demands as are necessary and proper to maintain,
equip and operate such fire department, and upon demand of the council
the county manager or the director of finance, he shall report all expendi-
tures from the funds."

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on the 76th day following its
enactment.

Certified correct as passed.
President
Secretary