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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 179

(E) For subdivisions with population

density 1,100 or more but less than 1,300 per square mile,

payment under paragraph (2) shall not exceed the__equivalent

of [$6.05]$8.25 $9.25 per capita.

(F) For subdivisions with population

density 1,300 or more but less than 8,000 per square mile,

payment under [paragraph (2) shall not exceed the

equivalent of $7.60 per capital THIS SUBPARAGRAPH (2) SHALL

BE 25% OF THE AMOUNT BY WHICH AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES FOR

POLICE PROTECTION EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF $6.00 PER CAPITA

BUT DO NOT EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF $36.00 PER CAPITA__AND

50% OF THE AMOUNT BY WHICH AGGREGATE EXPENDITURES FOR POLICE
PROTECTION EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF $36.00 PER CAPITA BUT DO
NOT EXCEED THE EQUIVALENT OF $47.00 $45.50 PER CAPITA.

(G) For subdivisions with population

density 8,000 or more per square mile, payment under this

subparagraph (2) shall be 25% of the amount by which

aggregate expenditures for police protection exceed the

equivalent of $6.00 per capita but do not exceed the

equivalent___of $36.00 per capita and 50% of the amount by

which aggregate expenditures for police protection__exceed

the equivalent of $36.00 per capita but do not exceed the

equivalent of [$95.00] $10l.50 per capita.

(3)    Minimum Grant. The State shall pay to each
subdivision the amount, if any, by which the equivalent of
$2.50 per capita exceeds the total payments determined under
subparagraphs (1) and (2). No subdivision for which the
population estimate is less than the population estimated
for the first year of this grant shall receive in any year a
smaller amount of State aid for police protection than it
received in any previous year less 0.09% of the increase of
the wealth base between that previous year and the current
year, provided it has not reduced the level of expenditure

for police protection which entitled it to the amount of

that previous year's grant.

(4)   Incentive Grant. In addition to the

payments, made under subparagraphs_(1), (2), and (3)__of this

subsection, the State shall pay to each subdivision with a

population density of less than 500 per square mile, an

amount the equivalent of [$1.00] $2.00 per capita.

(5)    Supplemental Grant. In addition to the
payments made under subparagraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of
this subsection, the State shall pay to each subdivision
with a population density of less than 8,000 per square
mile, an amount the equivalent of $1.25 $2.00 per capita.
[This amount of supplemental grant shall be retained by
the subdivision but the governing body of the subdivision
may in its discretion, allocate and distribute part of the
amount of supplemental grant to the qualifyinq
municipalities as the governing body of the subdivision
deems appropriate. The subdivision may use the proceeds of
the supplemental grant for expenditures for police