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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

Council shall levy a tax for any fiscal year in such
amount as shall be sufficient to pay the principal and
interest obligation for such fiscal year of any bonds
issued and outstanding for any of the Fire Tax
Districts included in such Consolidated District, and
if there are any outstanding bonds which were issued
for any fire tax district not included in the
Consolidated District, the tax levied by the Council
for any such fire district shall be sufficient to pay
the principal and interest obligation on any
outstanding bonds.

(3)    Treasurer's Bond. Each fire

department and rescue squad shall provide a corporate
bond to Montgomery County to be approved by the
Director of Finance and the County Attorney of the
County in a penal sum to be fixed by them conditioned
upon faithful discharge of the duties of the
treasurer. A corporate blanket bond covering one or
more departments, squads, and treasurers may be
approved.

(4)    Purchasing. Under the

direction of the Fire Board, each fire department and
rescue squad shall establish a fiscal policy and
purchasing system for the expenditure of all tax
moneys received from the County, which policy and
system shall conform to Sections 84-11 through 84-23
of this Code as now in existence, or as amended under
the provisions of Section 314, Montgomery County
Charter.

(5)    Audit. The Fire Board shall

engage a certified public accountant or a recognized
public accounting firm annually to audit all tax and
County appropriated funds received by the departments
and squads. Each annual audit shall be submitted to
the Fire Board for further submission to the County.
The audit shall be available for the public hearings
on the budgets.

(6)    Applicability.              Except as

specifically stated therein the        provisions of

subsection (d) shall not apply to the   City of Takoma
Park, Maryland.

(e) Personnel.

The Chairman of the Fire Board shall
appoint a Personnel Committee of seven members,