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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 234 1
CHAPTER 499
(House Bill 979)
AN ACT concerning
State Aid for Police Protection
FOR the purpose of providing distribution for State aid
for police protection funds directly to certain
counties and qualifying municipalities.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 15A — Budget and Fiscal Planning
Section 36, 37(b) and (c), 38, and 39
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1976 Supplement)
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SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 36, 37(b) and (c), 38, and 39 of
Article 15A - Budget and Fiscal Planning, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement Volume and
1976 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows:
Article 15A - Budget and Fiscal Planning
36.
The State Aid for Police Protection Fund is a
continuing grant, intended for and to be used exclusively
to provide adequ ADEQUATE police protection in the
subdivisions AND QUALIFYING MUNICIPALITIES of this State,
by State and subdivision sharing of costs on an equitable
basis within certain limits related to population
factors. Provided, however, that nothing herein, shall
be construed as requiring a subdivision or qualifying
municipality to appropriate or to expend more for police
protection than the sum of the amount received in State
aid under this program and local funds equal to that
percentage of the local wealth used in calculating the
State share in basic expenditures under the provisions of
§ 37 (b) (1) of this article.
37.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975,
and thereafter, the State shall pay to each subdivision,
AND TO EACH QUALIFYING MUNICIPALITY, each year in the
manner and subject to the limitations and requirements
hereinafter provided, an amount determined as follows:
(1) Share in Basic Expenditure. If the
aggregate expenditures for police protection in a
subdivision equal or exceed $6.00 per capita, the State
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