HARRY HUGHES, Governor

2095

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County — County Commissioners

FOR the purpose of altering the tax levied on property in
Carroll County which is paid to the volunteer fire
companies; providing that the distribution of the money
among the volunteer fire companies be approved by the
County Commissioners; and clarifying language.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 3—8

Article 7 — Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition, as amended by Chapter 602
of the Acts of 1977)

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of Maryland be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as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

Article 7 — Carroll County

3-8.

(A)   The County Commissioners of Carroll County shall
annually levy and collect from the assessable property in
Carroll County, as other county taxes are levied and
collected the sum of up to [6¢] 8 CENTS per $100.00 of the
value of such property, which sum of money the County
Commissioners shall distribute and pay to the volunteer fire
companies, EXCEPT AS NOTED IN SECTION 3-8 (B) , in the county
for the support, maintenance, equipment (including
ambulances) and operation of the volunteer fire companies;
and said sum of money shall be proportioned and distributed
among the volunteer fire companies [upon the recommendation
of] PURSUANT TO A PLAN ADOPTED BY the executive committee of
the Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association AND
APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

(B)   THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY PROVIDE SERVICE AWARD
PAYMENTS FROM SUCH APPROPRIATIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN §
3-8(A) TO ELIGIBLE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AS CERTIFIED BY THE
CARROLL COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. SUCH
PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MET THE
ADOPTED PLAN REQUIREMENTS AS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS AND HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF 65 ON THE
PRESCRIBED DATE. SUCH PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED $100 PER
MONTH AND SHALL BE FOR LIFE. THE SERVICE AWARD PAYMENTS MAY
BE MADE MONTHLY BY THE COUNTY DIRECTLY TO ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.