40                                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                         Ch. 9

The number of County employees has risen 251% in less than 6
years.

It is not appropriate to attempt to run the County from the

General Assembly. However, runaway County costs that cause

fiscal chaos leave the General Assembly no choice but to nudge
the County in the direction of fiscal responsibility; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 8 - Cecil County

1-22.

(A) IF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FIND THAT THE COUNTY'S
EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984 HAVE EXCEEDED ITS REVENUES
(EXCLUDING BORROWED FUNDS AND FUNDS THAT ARE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR
PRIOR BOND RELATED EXPENDITURES) AT THE END OF THAT FISCAL YEAR,
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL ROLL-OVER THE UNFUNDED DEFICIT TO
FISCAL YEAR 1985 ONLY, FOR PAYMENT IN THAT FISCAL YEAR.

(B) THE COUNTY TREASURER SHALL COMPUTE THE INCREASE NEEDED
IN THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY TO TOTALLY ELIMINATE THE DEFICIT THAT IS
ROLLED OVER TO FISCAL YEAR 1985.

(C) THE INCREASE IN THE ANNUAL TAX LEVY NEEDED TO ELIMINATE
THE FISCAL YEAR 1984 DEFICIT SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY
TREASURER TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEY SHALL ADD THAT TO
THE FISCAL YEAR 1985 TAX LEVY RATE THAT HAS BEEN SET BY THE
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

(D) ANY TAXPAYER IN THE COUNTY HAS STANDING TO ENFORCE THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY.

9-9.

(b) (4) (I) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1983
THROUGH JUNE 30, 1984 THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY BORROW UP TO A
TOTAL OF $1,250,000 $2,000,000, WHICH SHALL BE REPAID IN FULL BY
THE END OF THE DAY ON JUNE 30, 1984.

(II) THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTED BY THIS

PARAGRAPH (4) MAY BE EXERCISED ONLY ON OR AFTER MARCH 15, 1984.

(E) NOTICE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' INTENTION TO BORROW

SHALL BE GIVEN AT LEAST ONCE IN A NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL

CIRCULATION IN CECIL COUNTY PRIOR TO BORROWING THE FUNDS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the severability
provisions of Article 1, Section 23, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland are applicable to this enactment.