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COUNTY LOCAL LAWS

County Code 1965, as amended, to follow immediately
after Section 27-2, title "authority of Council to
provide for disability and death benefits for members
of fire departments and rescue squads; designation of
Board to conduct hearings," Chapter 27, title "In
General," to read as follows:

Sec. 27-3. COUNTY FIRE TAX DISTRICTS.

(A)

DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.

TWO CLASSES OF FIRE TAX
DISTRICTS APE HEREBY ESTABLISHED AS FOLLOWS:

DISTRICT.

(1)

CONSOLIDATED FIRE TAX

ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH

A TAX RATE EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING SEVENTEEN (17) CENTS
PEP ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ASSESSED VALUATION AS
DETERMINED BY THE TAX PATS ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL YEAR
1971-72, SHALL BE PLACED IN AND CONSTITUTES PART OF A
COUNTY-WIDE CONSOLIDATED FIRE TAX DISTRICT. THIS
CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT (COMPOSED GENERALLY OF THE
FOLLOWING FORMER AREAS: BETHESDA, BURTONSVILLE, CABIN
JOHN, CHEVY CHASE, GLEN ECHO, HILLANDALE, HYATTSTOWN,
SANDY SPRING, SILVER SPRING, AND PRECINCT 22 OF THE

13TH ELECTION DISTRICT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY,

BUT NOT

INCLUDING THE CITY OF TAKOMA PARK) CONSTITUTES, AS OF
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THAT AREA DESCRIBED
AND OUTLINED ON THE MAP ATTACHED HERETO, AND MADE A
PART OF THIS ACT. THE FIRE TAX DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
REPRESENTED ON THE MAP REFLECT THE BOUNDARIES OF ALL
EXISTING FIRE AND RESCUE STATIONS. A COPY OF THIS MAP
SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN THE OFFICES OF THE SUPERVISOR
OF ASSESSMENTS OF THE COUNTY AND THE SECRETARY OF THE
FIRE BOARD TOGETHER WITH PROPERTY TAX MAPS. ANY FIRE
DEPARTMENT WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY REQUIRES A TAX RATE
EQUAL TO OR EXCEEDING TWENTY-ONE CENTS ($.21) PER ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS ASSESSED VALUATION FOR THE THEN
CURRENT FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE INCLUDED IN AND
CONSTITUTE PART OF THE AFORESAID CONSOLIDATED FIRE TAX
DISTRICT. ONCE A FIRE DEPARTMENT BECOMES PART OF THE
SAID DISTRICT IT SHALL REMAIN THEREIN AND ITS RESPONSE
AREA SHALL BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SAID
CONSOLIDATED DISTRICT FREE OF ANY SUBSEQUENT
ENCROACHMENT BY ANY INDIVIDUAL FIRE TAX DISTRICT
EXCEPT WHEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL HAS HAD TO PASS
LEGISLATION AMENDING THE FIRE TAX DISTRICT BOUNDARIES
AS THE RESULT OF (A) THE COMPLETION WITHIN THE