1052

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 103

of a proportion of such expenses paid by the Mayor and   City

Council of Baltimore shall be changed accordingly. The

provisions of this subsection are subject to the
requirements of § 18A of this article.]

[Local Tax Contributions]

[ 18A.

(a)    In Baltimore City and each of the counties, a sum
equal to ten cents on each hundred dollars of assessable
property shall be the maximum aggregate contribution
required from each such local government at any time under
the several social service or public assistance programs and
activities to which this section applies. This subsection
is not to be construed to impose the full amount of that
maximum if otherwise it would not be required. For fiscal
year 1975, the maximum aggregate contribution provided for
above shall be a sum equal to six cents on each $100 of
assessable property. For fiscal year 1976 said maximum
aggregate contribution shall be a sum equal to three cents
on each $100 of assessable property; and for fiscal year
1977 and thereafter there shall be no contribution required
from Baltimore City and the several counties pursuant to
this section.

(b)    This section applies to the following social
service or public assistance programs and activities: (1)
public assistance to adults; (2) general public assistance;
(3) child welfare services; (4) aid to families with
dependent children (with particular reference to § 56 of
this article); (5) any other social service or public
assistance activity financed in whole or in part by funds of
the State or the federal governments; and (6)
administrative, retirement and social security expenses for
social service employees (with particular reference to § §
13 (c) and 13 (d) of this article) . This section shall not
apply to the program of general public assistance to
employables, the donable foods program and the federal Food
Stamp Act of 19 64 or any amendments thereto, including rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, provided, however,
that nothing contained herein shall be so construed as to
compel any county or the City of Baltimore to participate in
the programs of general public assistance to employables or
donable foods.

(c)    The State Department shall compute regularly the
aggregate tax rates imposed and probably necessary to be
imposed by Baltimore City and each of the counties for the
several programs and activities listed in subsection (b),
and shall notify the Governor thereof. A monetary sum
representing any portion of this aggregate for any such
political subdivision which would exceed a maximum as
specified in subsection (a) shall be included by the State
Department in its request for appropriations from State and
federal funds; and the several sections of the Code
specified in subsection (b) are modified from time to time
to cover this possibility.]