BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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services similar to county governmental services; and

WHEREAS, There are several Maryland counties which
currently provide some form of tax differential to their
municipalities including one that prohibits county taxation
of municipal residents for county services they do not
receive; and

WHEREAS, Most Maryland counties have declined to
discuss the issue of tax differential with the respective
municipal governments within them; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That   the

General Assembly encourages counties to meet with    the

municipalities within the county to discuss tax
differential; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the State Department of Fiscal Services
is directed to conduct an annual review on the progress of
counties in establishing tax differentials and to report
their findings at the close of each fiscal year to the
Legislative Policy Committee; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the
Honorable Steny Hoyer, President of the Senate, and the
Honorable John H. Briscoe, Speaker of the House of
Delegates.

Approved May 29, 1978.

No. 48

(House Joint Resolution 20)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Riley Brooks Reimbursement

FOR the purpose of requesting the Governor to make an

appropriation in the 1979 Fiscal Budget of Board of

Public__Works to allocate a certain sum as

reimbursement to Riley Brooks for certain losses
sustained; and limiting the percentage of these
payments which may be awarded as attorney fees.

Riley Brooks was tried for first degree murder in the
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland on January
17, 18, and 19, 1966, the trial ending in his conviction for
first degree murder.

On February 7, 1966, Riley Brooks was sentenced to life
imprisonment.