HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        2959

(a)  On January 1 of 1983 and 1984 only, the sum of $100,000
of the amount of the winning and not redeemed parimutuel tickets
required to be paid to general funds of the State by Section 23
of this article shall be placed in a special account by the
Comptroller. The Department of [Economic and Community
Development] BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING may approve grants from
the account to the Council only for the purposes stated in
Section 29 of this article. In order to receive the grants, the
Council shall submit to the Department for approval a plan for
the use of any grants. The amounts of any grants authorized by
the Department shall be matched by an equal amount of funds to be
provided by the Council from any funds available to the Council.

(b)  The Council shall submit to the Department, not later
than September 1 of 1983, 1984 and 1985 only, a report of the
revenues and expenditures of the Council, from all sources, for
the fiscal year ending the prior June 30, and a report of the
Council's actions in promoting the Maryland horse racing and
breeding industry.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any
appropriations made to the Department of Economic and Community
Development for the Maryland Horse Racing Council may be
transferred to the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning by
approved budget amendment.

SECTION 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1984.

Approved May 29, 1984.

CHAPTER 578

(Senate Bill 928)

AN ACT concerning

State Mandated Immunizations - Pertussis

FOR the purpose of defining certain terms; providing for the
development and disbursement of information concerning
pertussis and the pertussis vaccine; requiring parents to be
informed about State mandated immunizations including the
risk of pertussis and pertussis vaccines; requiring
recordkeeping and reporting by health care providers and the
collection of data by the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene with respect to pertussis and major adverse
reactions to pertussis vaccines; requiring the Department to
adept issue certain regulations guidelines; establishing
criteria under which pertussis vaccines should not be