MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               487

AN ACT concerning

Howard County — Grants in Lieu of Tax Credits

FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Council of
Howard County to provide for a system of grants in
lieu of county tax credits to certain tenants in
that County, who fall within certain income limits
as specified by the Howard County Council, on the
basis of age or disability, subject to further
qualifications as may be established; requiring
county funding of the grants; and assuring that
vested rights will not be created by action of the
county hereunder.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

Section 12G-4

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 12G-4 of Article 81 - Revenue and
Taxes, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes
12G-4.

The County Council for Montgomery County AND THE
COUNTY COUNCIL FOR HOWARD COUNTY, by law or resolution
enacted or adopted under the procedure established
therefor, may provide for grants in lieu of county tax
credits to certain tenants in [that county] THEIR
RESPECTIVE COUNTIES, who fall within income limits as
specified by the Council, on the basis of age or
disability and subject to [such] further qualifications
as may be established therefor. The grants shall be
funded from appropriate county sources. Nothing herein
shall be construed to deny the County Council OF EITHER
COUNTY its power to alter, amend or repeal any law or
resolution enacted or adopted pursuant to this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved March 5, 1974.