222                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 26

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 7C 7 (C) and 12-IA of Article 77A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1971 Supplement),
title "Higher Education," subtitles, respectively, "Community Col-
leges," and "State Colleges," be and they are hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

7.

(c) Payment of subdivision's share.—In any political subdivision
for which a community college or regional community college is
operating under the provisions of this subtitle, the board of county
commissioners, county council, or mayor and city council of Balti-
more shall provide and pay to the community college, regional com-
munity college or colleges so operating not less than the political
subdivisions' twenty-eight percent (28%) share of current expenses.
The State Board for Community Colleges shall certify to the
treasurer of each county or of Baltimore City as the case may be on
or before the last day of both September and March in each year
one half of the estimated annual amount which is due the local board
of trustees of each community college, with full settlement at the end
of the fiscal year based on the audit of the community college, and
thereupon the treasurer within five days of each of these dates shall
draw his warrant on the county or the City of Baltimore as the case
may be and shall pay the amount due to the board of trustees of the
community college, regional community college or colleges for his
respective political subdivision. The counties comprising the region
for and supporting a regional community college shall share in the
payment of the political subdivisions' not less than twenty-eight per-
cent (28%) share of current expenses on a pro rata basis deter-
mined by the ratio of the full-time student population in the regional
community college, from each county, [to the full-time student popu-
lation in the regional community college, from each county,] to the
full-time student population in the regional community college from
all the counties of the region. The State Board for Community Col-
leges shall determine the portions of the cost chargeable to each
county, based on current enrollment figures, and shall certify such
determination of cost of each participating county.

12-IA.

All auxiliary facilities constructed with funds provided by Sections
12A-12J, inclusive, of this subtitle shall be subject to the require-
ments of Section 21 of Article 78A of the Annotated Code of Mary-
land (1957 Edition, as amended from time to time) requiring ap-
proval of plans and supervision of work on public improvements by
the State Planning Department, Department of [Public Improve-
ments] General Services and Board of Public Works.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved April 11, 1972