1180                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 542

CHAPTER 542
(House Bill 495)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments Section 594 (b), (c), (d), and (e)
of the Code of Public Local Laws of Allegany County (1963 Edition, being
Article 1 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany
County," subtitle "Schools," subheading "Teachers," as last amended by
Chapter 46 of the Acts of 1972, to provide for alterations in contributions and
amounts of sick leave for school teachers in Allegany County.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 594 (b), (c), (d) and (e) of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Allegany County (1963 Edition, being Article 1 of the Code of Public
Local Laws of Maryland), title "Allegany County," subtitle "Schools," subheading
"Teachers," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

594.

(b)     The treasurer of the Board of Education of Allegany County is hereby
empowered and required to deduct and retain out of the monthly salary due each
teacher [excepting August and July twenty-five] SIXTY cents, and the sum of
such monthly assessments shall be immediately paid by the treasurer of the Board
of Education of Allegany County to the said Board of Trustees, providing that no
deductions be made before September, 1912.

(c)     Any teacher of the public schools who [had been] SHALL BECOME
disabled or incapacitated from performing regular school work for a period greater
than twenty consecutive SCHEDULED WORK days, shall be paid [out of]
$120.00 FROM THE [said] Relief Fund [$2.00 per school day for a period not
greater than fifty days in any school year] PLUS $8.00 FOR EACH
SCHEDULED WORK DAY BEYOND THE FIRST 20 PROVIDED THAT
THE TOTAL PAYMENT FOR THE RELIEF FUND SHALL NOT EXCEED
$760.00 FOR ANY ONE TEACHER DURING ANY ONE FISCAL YEAR.

(d)      Provided that [each] THE teacher shall furnish each month a certificate
from his or her physician that he or she is incapacitated from regular duty and
provided that said Board of Trustees shall have the right to have said teacher
examined by some other physician at its discretion and expense.

(e)    In case the assessment herein provided for should not be sufficient to meet
the needs of said Relief Fund, including the maintenance of the Reserve Fund, as
hereinafter provided for, the Treasurer of the Board of Education of Allegany
County shall be empowered and required to deduct one dollar or any part thereof
from the MONTHLY salary of each teacher [the month of July] in addition to
the [twenty-five] SIXTY cents already provided for and said treasurer shall pay
the same to the Board of Trustees, as heretofore provided for.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.