BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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levys for library support.
23-404. MATCHING AMOUNTS; CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES.

(A)   COUNTY SHARE.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ITS STATE SHARE OF THE MINIMUM
PROGRAM, A COUNTY GOVERNMENT SHALL LEVY AN ANNUAL TAX
SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE AN AMOUNT FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES EQUAL
TO:

(1)   THE HEALTH OF THE COUNTY; TIMES

(2)    A UNIFORM PERCENTAGE, ROUNDED TO THE THIRD
DECIMAL PLACE EQUAL TO:

(I)   60 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL MINIMUM PROGRAM FOR
CURRENT AND CAPITAL EXPENSES TO BE SHARED FOR ALL COUNTIES;
DIVIDED BY

(II)   THE TOTAL HEALTH OF ALL THE COUNTIES.

(B)   STATE SHARE.

THE STATE SHARE OF THE   MINIMUM PROGRAM FOR CURRENT AND

CAPITAL EXPENSES FOR EACH    COUNTY IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE COUNTY SHARE CALCULATED   UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS

SECTION AND THE MINIMUM      PROGRAM FOR CURRENT AND CAPITAL

EXPENSES TO BE SHARED UNDER   §23-403 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(C)       LIMITATION ON CAPITAL EXPENSE.

NOT MORE THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE COUNTY AND STATE SHARES
MAY BE APPLIED TO CAPITAL EXPENSES.

(D)       SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR COUNTY SHARE OF CAPITAL

EXPENSE.

THE COUNTY APPROPRIATION FOR CAPITAL EXPENSES MAY
INCLUDE FUNDS FROM ANY SOURCE EXCEPT THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from Art. 77, §176(e)
and (f).

The general power of the county to levy and
appropriate in present §176(f) is deleted as
unnecessary in light of §§ 23-301 and 23-403 of
this subtitle.

The last sentence of present Art. 77, §176(f)
which requires these funds to be used exclusively
as permitted by this subtitle is deleted as
unnecessary in light of §23-405(c) of this
subtitle.

In subsection (d) of this section, a reference to
a county "appropriation" is substituted for the