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2298 JOINT RESOLUTIONS
(vi) 1 member from the Office of Aging; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a report of the findings and recommendations
of the Task Force be submitted to the Governor and the General
Assembly by September 1, 1984; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the
Honorable Harry Hughes, Governor of Maryland; the Honorable
Melvin Steinberg, the President of the Senate of Maryland; the
Honorable Benjamin Cardin, the Speaker of the House of Delegates;
Charles Buck, Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, 201 West
Preston St., Baltimore, Maryland 21201; and Ruth Massinga,
Secretary of Human Resources, 1100 N. Eutaw Street, Baltimore,
Maryland 21201.
Signed May 10, 1983.
No. 24
(House Joint Resolution No. 36)
A House Joint Resolution concerning
Federal General Revenue Sharing
FOR the purpose of urging the United States Congress to again
reauthorize the general revenue sharing program at current
funding levels or higher.
WHEREAS, The sharing of revenue with local governments has
been recognized by both the Maryland General Assembly and the
United States Congress as an effective means of strengthening
federalism, and as a vital program which incorporates local
flexibility and minimum regulation; and
WHEREAS, Since its enactment by the United States Congress,
the general revenue sharing program has returned more than one
billion dollars of federal tax revenue to local governments in
Maryland, over $82 million to Maryland counties, and over $6.5
million for Maryland municipalities in fiscal year 1982; and
WHEREAS, Citizen participation in local government decision
making has directed general revenue sharing funds to provide many
basic services which otherwise could not have been performed; and
WHEREAS, Given reductions in many federal aid programs for
local governments, the loss of general revenue sharing funds
would result in local tax increases and severe reductions in the
delivery of basic services; and
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