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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 756

General Fund of Charles County as the Board of Fire and Rescue
Commissioners deems surplus to the needs of the various fire
departments AND RESCUE SQUADS.

125.

(A)  The Charles County Volunteer Firemen's Association at
least once each calendar year, shall conduct an inspection by a
duly appointed committee of the Association to ascertain whether
each Department's equipment and apparatus complies with the
standards of the Association and the Association, on or before
the fifteenth of August of each year, shall submit a report in
writing to [the County Commissioners and] the Board of Fire
and Rescue Commissioners stating whether each Department above
listed does or does not meet the standards of the Association.
Each non-compliance with the standards shall be documented by the
Charles County Volunteer Firemen's Association.

(B)  THE CHARLES COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES SHALL, AT LEAST TWICE EACH CALENDAR YEAR, CONDUCT AN
INSPECTION BY A DULY APPOINTED COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION TO
ASCERTAIN WHETHER EACH RESCUE SQUAD'S EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS,
INCLUDING MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, COMPLIES WITH THE
STANDARDS OF THE ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATION SHALL ON OR BEFORE
THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE AND DECEMBER OF EACH YEAR, SUBMIT A REPORT
IN WRITING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE BOARD OF FIRE AND
RESCUE COMMISSIONERS, STATING WHETHER EACH SQUAD MEETS OR FAILS
TO MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

126.

IN THE EVENT ANY ONE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, RESCUE SQUADS,
OR MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNITS IN CHARLES COUNTY FAILS TO COMPLY
WITH THE STANDARDS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS, THEN THE
FUNDS PROPORTIONATE TO THE NONCOMPLIANCE OF THE STANDARDS MAY BE
WITHHELD BY THE BOARD OF FIRE AND RESCUE COMMISSIONERS UNTIL SAID
DEPARTMENT, SQUAD, OR MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT HAS COMPLIED
WITH THE STANDARDS OF SAID ASSOCIATION OR HAS PRESENTED AN
ACCEPTABLE PLAN FOR ATTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS OF
SAID ASSOCIATION TO THE BOARD OF FIRE AND RESCUE COMMISSIONERS.
IN THE EVENT OF THE SAID DEPARTMENT, SQUAD, OR MOBILE INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS THEN THE
PROPORTIONATE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THAT DEPARTMENT, SQUAD, OR
MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AS NECESSARY
AMONG THE COMPANIES ASSUMING COVERAGE OF THAT AREA.

127.

In the event any one of the Fire Departments OR RESCUE
SQUADS in Charles County ceases to be an active fire-fighting OR
RESCUE organization, or if the funds provided for herein are not
used for the purposes set forth in Sections 123 and 124 of this
Article the County Commissioners shall cease paying to that
Department, SQUAD, OR MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT such funds and
the same shall be held and distributed as necessary on the