Ch. 844                          MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               1729

COLLEGE THE APPROVAL OF AT LEAST FIFTY-ONE PERCENT (51%)
OF THE COUNTIES PARTICIPATING IN THE REGIONAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE REQUIRED BEFORE ALL THE
PARTICIPATING COUNTIES APPROVE THE BUDGET, AND SUCH
ACTION SHALL BE BINDING ON ALL THE PARTICIPATING
COUNTIES. Each community college shall submit its budget, including personnel
detail, to the State Board for Community Colleges for informational purposes. The

board of trustees shall be styled "The board of trustees of ................ community

(or junior) college" and it may adopt a corporate seal. Except for regional
community colleges, the chairman of the board of education or the board of school
commissioners is the chairman of the board of trustees.

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The mayor and city council of Baltimore and [the county commissioners or
county council] THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY of any county for which a
community college or regional community college is established under this subtitle
have the right and power to appropriate funds to meet the cost of establishment,
current expenses, purchase of land, construction of capital improvements, and the
maintenance thereof IN THE AMOUNT DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE
LOCAL GOVERNING BODY SHALL BE MADE TO THE FOLLOWING
FUNCTIONS:          GENERAL          ADMINISTRATION,          GENERAL

INSTITUTIONAL EXPENSES, INSTRUCTION, STUDENT AFFAIRS,
INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES, PLANT OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL]] [[OUTLAY, AND DEBT SERVICE.
EXPENDITURES BY THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL NOT
EXCEED THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR EACH FUNCTION.
TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN THE SAME BUT
BETWEEN MAJOR FUNCTIONS MAY BE MADE ONLY AFTER THEY
ARE SUBMITTED IN WRITING AND APPROVED BY THE LOCAL
GOVERNING BODY. IF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY FAILS TO ACT
UPON SUCH A REQUEST WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS, THE REQUEST
SHALL STAND APPROVED AS REQUESTED, TRANSFERS OF
APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE SAME FUND AND WITHIN A
PROGRAM OF A MAJOR FUNCTION MAY BE MADE AT THE
DIRECTION OF THE LOCAL BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRUSTEES. In addition, the [county commissioners or county council] LOCAL
GOVERNING BODY of any county and the mayor and city council of Baltimore
City have the power to borrow funds for the purchase of land and the construction
of capital improvements for [said] THOSE purposes upon such terms and
conditions as they deem right and proper, subject to the general requirements of
local laws applicable to the creation of public debt. Funds to be appropriated or
borrowed for a regional community college shall be provided for on a pro rata
basis determined by the ratio of population of each of the counties comprising the
region and supporting [said] THE regional community college to the population
of the entire region. For the purposes of this section the population of the
respective counties shall be as determined by the State Department of Health from
time to time.

7.

(a) Each community college or regional community college operating under the
provisions of this subtitle shall [be] HAVE ITS CURRENT EXPENSES AS
APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY
financed on the general basis of receiving fifty percent (50%) of its current expenses
from the State, twenty-eight percent (28%) from the county or counties (or
Baltimore City) for which it is established, and twenty-two percent (22%) from fees
and charges required from students at the community college. In this computation,