MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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equipment, and housing of that squad.

(h) In the event any one of the rescue squads in
Charles County fails to comply with the equipment
standards of the Charles County [Volunteer Rescue Squad]
Association OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, then the funds
allocated to that squad by the County Commissioners shall
be withheld until the squad has complied with the
equipment standards of the Association. In the event any
squad does not comply with the equipment standards within
a reasonable length of time as determined by the
Executive Committee of the Charles County [Volunteer
Rescue Squad] Association OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES,
from the date the squad is notified by the County
Commissioners of the failure to comply with the equipment
standards, then the funds allocated to that squad shall
be distributed as necessary among the squad assuming
jurisdiction over that area as outlined below.

(i) In the event any of the Rescue Squads of
Charles County ceases to be an active rescue organization
or if the funds provided for herein are not used for the
purposes prescribed by the formula, the County
Commissioners upon the recommendation of the Board of
Fire and Rescue Commissioners shall cease paying to that
rescue squad such funds and the same shall be held and
distributed as necessary to those rescue squads assuming
coverage of that area.

Providing further that the beneficial assets of said
rescue squad shall become the property of Charles County
and that the County Commissioners may at their
discretion, assume all or any part of the liabilities of
such squad.

The County Commissioners may on the recommendation
of the Executive Committee of the Charles County
[Volunteer Rescue Squad] Association OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES give such assets and/or liabilities to those
rescue squads assuming coverage of that area or to any
other rescue squad active in Charles County.

(j) No rescue squad receiving benefits under this
section shall obligate these benefits for any capital
expenditure defined as the purchase of land, erection or
modification of any building, or the purchase of
apparatus without first obtaining the approval of the
Executive Committee of the Charles County [Volunteer
Rescue Squad] Association OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
and the Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners.

The Board of Fire and Rescue Commissioners shall
review each such proposal and in the event the proposed
expenditure exceeds the funds allotted in the formula