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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 785

CHAPTER 785

(House Bill 1340)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - State Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund

FOR the purpose of amending, for Carroll County only, the
definition of "expenditures for fire protection" or "expend
for fire protection" in the provisions of law concerning the
State Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Fund so as to exclude
appropriations for certain loans to fire, rescue, and or
ambulance companies.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

Section 45A(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article 38A - Fires and Investigations

45A.

(2) (I) "Expenditures for fire protection" or
"expend for fire protection" means county revenues appropriated
or to be appropriated for fire protection and the proceeds of any
county bonds used to finance facilities that house fire
protection apparatus and equipment. It excludes salaries,
workmen's compensation, fringe benefits, or other personnel,
except training, or administrative costs. For fiscal years prior
to fiscal year 1986, it includes grants appropriated to a
volunteer fire, rescue, or ambulance company for fire protection
that are not itemized.

(II) IN CARROLL COUNTY, THE TERMS "EXPENDITURES
FOR FIRE PROTECTION" OR "EXPEND FOR FIRE PROTECTION" DO NOT
INCLUDE APPROPRIATIONS FOR:

1. 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 TO FINANCE FACILITIES THAT HOUSE FIRE PROTECTION
APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT; OR

2. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR TRAINING.