BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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(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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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:

(A) For subdivisions with a population

density__less than 100 per square mile, and less than 30% of

total population residing in municipalities, there shall be
no payment under this subparagraph (2).

(B)         For subdivisions with population

density 100 or more but less than 500 per square mile, and

for subdivisions with population density less than 100 per
square mile but with 30% or more of total population
residing in municipalities, payment under this subparagraph
(2)__shall not exceed the equivalent of $3.50 per capita.

(C) For subdivisions with population

density 500 or more but less than 900 per square mile,

payment under this subparagraph (2) shall not exceed the
equivalent of [$5.25] $7.25 $7.50 per capita.

(D) For subdivisions with population

density 900 or more but less than 1,100 per square mile,

payment under paragraph (2) shall not exceed the equivalent

of [$5.60] $7.75 $8.00 per capita.