HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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FOR the purpose of authorizing the Montgomery County
Government to establish by local law an interagency
coordinating board and procedures concerning the use of
school property for nonschool public and community
purposes; providing for the manner by which costs
associated with such use are apportioned; providing the
criteria applicable to such use; and making this Act an
emergency measure.

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 7-108(f)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 - Education

7-108.

(F) IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NONSCHOOL USE OF SCHOOL
FACILITIES FOR PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY PURPOSES AND THE MANNER
BY WHICH COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH USE ARE APPORTIONED, MAY
BE REGULATED BY LOCAL LAW CONSISTENT WITH THE USE CRITERIA
SET FORTH IN SECTION 7-110 AND NOT INCONSISTENT WITH ANY
OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE. THE LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZED
BY THIS SUBSECTION MAY PROVIDE FOR AN INTERAGENCY
COORDINATING BOARD AND FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ITS MEMBERS BY
MONTGOMERY COUNTY. MEMBERSHIP MAY INCLUDE THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, THE PRESIDENT OF MONTGOMERY
COLLEGE, THE MEMBERS OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY PLANNING
BOARD, AND SUCH OTHER MEMBERS AS MAY BE PROVIDED BY THE
LOCAL LAW.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety
and having been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all the members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the same shall take effect
from the date of its passage.

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 192
(House Bill 1451)