BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor                      1189

distributing portions of the supplemental grant to such

municipalities increasing State Aid for Police

Protection to qualifying political subdivisions and
municipalities; requiring the constant yield tax rate
to be calculated in a certain manner; and providing

that the enactment of this Act is contingent upon the

taking effect of certain other Acts.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 15A — Budget and Fiscal Planning

Section 37(b) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 81 — Revenue and Taxes

Section 232C(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 15A - Budget and Fiscal Planning

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 shall pay to the
subdivision the amount, if any, by which the equivalent of
$6.00 per capita exceeds 0.09% of the wealth base. If the
aggregate expenditures for police protection in a
subdivision are less than $6.00 per capita, the State shall
pay to the subdivision the amount, if any, by which
aggregate expenditures for police protection exceed that
proportion of 0.09 percent of the wealth base which
aggregate expenditures for police protection bear to the
equivalent of $6.00 per capita.

(2)        Share Over the Basic Expenditure. In
addition to the amount, if any, payable under subparagraph
(1) of this subsection, the State shall pay to each
subdivision an amount equal to 25% of the amount, if any, by
which aggregate expenditures for police protection exceed
the equivalent of $6.00 per capita. Provided however: