2922

COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

(1)       Said volunteer fire
company or companies for whose benefit said
special tax is levied, shall have filed
with said County Executive [on or before
the first day of March, next preceding
their annual levy, a petition] IN THE FORM
AND AT THE TIME PRESCRIBED BY THE BUDGET
OFFICER OF THE COUNTY, A REQUEST duly
executed by an appropriate officer of said
company, requesting that special district
tax be levied in the district wherein [the
petitioning] SAID volunteer fire company is
located and setting forth the amount by the
[the petitioning] SAID company deems will
be necessary to acquire by said special
district tax for its operating and
maintenance expenses [and for capital
improvements] for the ensuing fiscal year.
Said [petition] BUDGET REQUEST shall be
accompanied by a current financial report
of [the petitioning] SAID company and also
by a proposed budget for the ensuing fiscal
year setting forth in detail its
anticipated operating and maintenance
expenses. [and amounts necessary for
capital improvements.]

(2)    Said County Executive
shall thereupon determine, what, if any,
amount or amounts requested [by said
petition] shall be allowed or disallowed
and said amount shall be included in his
budget submitted to the County Council for
its approval, whereupon it shall proceed to
levy, at the time of its next regular
annual levy said capital district tax at a
rate sufficient to yield the amount or
amounts, if any, allowed, provided,
however, that said special district tax
herein authorized shall not in any case
exceed [ten (10¢)] SIXTEEN (16¢) cents on
every hundred dollars of assessed
valuation.

Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED BY THE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, That this
Act shall take effect sixty (60) days after it stands
enacted.