2710                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 805

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. EXCEPT IN
BALTIMORE CITY, WHERE THE TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF THE CITY
CHARTER SHALL PREVAIL, TRANSFERS OF APPROPRIATIONS WITHIN
A MAJOR FUNCTION MAY BE MADE AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
LOCAL BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRUSTEES PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY SHALL BE NOTIFIED
WITHIN THIRTY (30) DAYS OF ANY SUCH TRANSFER. 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.

(a) Each community college or regional community
college operating under the provisions of this subtitle
shall be financed UP TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS PROVIDED IN
SECTION 7(b) 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, "current expenses," shall be the product of
the per—student operating cost for the current fiscal
year multiplied by the number of full—time equivalent
students enrolled in the current fiscal year. For the
purposes of determining the State share of financing, the
number of full—time equivalent students shall be computed
by dividing the student credit hours produced in the
fiscal year by thirty (30). NOTHING HEREIN SHALL BE
DEEMED TO PROHIBIT A COUNTY OR COUNTIES OR THE CITY OF
BALTIMORE FROM AUTHORIZING AND APPROPRIATING ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND FROM INCREASING THE
LOCAL GOVERNING BODY'S SHARE OF SUCH ADDITIONAL CURRENT
EXPENSES ABOVE TWENTY-EIGHT PERCENT (28%).

(c) In any political subdivision for__which a

community___college or regional community college is