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Ch. 101 2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(ii) the proceeds of any county bonds used to finance facilities that
house equipment for fire protection, rescue, and ambulance services.
(2) "Expenditures for fire protection" includes the costs of training
personnel.
(3) "Expenditures for fire protection" does not include:
(i) salaries, workers' compensation, fringe benefits, or other
personnel costs;
(ii) administrative costs; or
(iii) in Carroll County, appropriations for loans to a volunteer fire,
rescue, or ambulance company, secured by mortgages, notes, or other evidence of
indebtedness of the volunteer fire, rescue, or ambulance company, if the
appropriations derive from the proceeds of bonds used to finance facilities that house
equipment for fire protection, rescue, and ambulance services.
[(c)] (D) "Fund" means the Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and
Ambulance Fund.
[(d)] (E) (1) "Qualified municipal corporation" means a municipal
corporation in the State whose expenditures for fire protection from municipal
sources exceed $25,000.
(2) "Qualified municipal corporation" does not include Baltimore City.
[(e) "Secretary" means the Secretary of State Police.]
8-102.
(a) There is a Senator William H. Amoss Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund.
(b) The purposes of the Fund are to promote:
(1) the delivery of effective and high quality fire protection, rescue, and
ambulance services in the State;
(2) increased financial support for fire, rescue, and ambulance
companies by counties; and
(3) the continued financial viability of volunteer fire, rescue, and
ambulance companies given the greatly increased costs of equipment.
(c) (1) The [Secretary] DIRECTOR shall administer the Fund.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the [Secretary]
DIRECTOR may adopt procedures to carry out this subtitle, including additional
auditing and reporting requirements.
(3) The [Secretary] DIRECTOR may not:
(i) impose training or operational requirements as a precondition
to receipt of money, except as otherwise expressly provided in this subtitle; or
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