BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1053

[56.

The local governing authority shall annually levy one
cent (1¢) on each one hundred dollars of assessable property
to carry out the provisions of this subtitle, or shall
provide for the same out of the general revenue; provided
that such local governing authority shall not be required to
appropriate from taxes so levied, or from general revenue,
more than is necessary to pay those costs of the program
remaining after full use of all matching funds made
available to the respective county, or Baltimore City, by
federal legislation. Such local governing authority may
levy for or appropriate, with the approval of the State
Department, additional funds, to be turned over to the State
Comptroller and expended to effectuate the purposes of this
subtitle. The provisions of this section are subject to
the requirements of § 18A of this article.]

[60A.

The local governing authority shall annually levy one
cent (1¢) on each one hundred dollars of assessable property
to provide for payments for care, outside the home, on
behalf of neglected or dependent children, or shall provide
for the same out of the general revenue; provided that such
local governing authority shall, not be required to
appropriate from taxes so levied, or from general revenue,
more than is necessary to pay one half of the total cost of
the program for their respective subdivisions. Such local
governing authority may levy for or appropriate, with the
approval of the State Department, additional funds, to be
turned over to the State Comptroller and expended to
effectuate the purposes of this subtitle. The provisions
of this section are subject to the requirements of § 18A of
this article.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
60B of Article 88A - Social Services Administration, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
60.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article 88A - Social Services Administration

65B.

(A)    THE STATE ADMINISTRATION PROMPTLY SHALL ESTABLISH
AND IMPLEMENT AND, AS NECESSARY, MODIFY A PROGRAM OF GENERAL
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO EMPLOYABLES. THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE
STATE AND LOCALLY FUNDED ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYABLE
RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE, WHO TEMPORARILY REQUIRE ASSISTANCE.

(B)    THE PROGRAM SHALL BE IN EFFECT IN ANY POLITICAL