WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(B) OF THE REMAINING FUNDS AVAILABLE AFTER APPROPRIATIONS
AUTHORIZED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION:

(1) One half of the funds [available under this
program] shall be used for recreation and open space purposes by
the Department[,] AND the St. Mary's City Commission[, and the
Maryland Agricultural Preservation Fund]. Except as provided in
subsection (c)(1), any funds the General Assembly appropriates to
the State under [the program] THIS SUBSECTION SUBSECTION (B) OF
THIS SECTION THIS SUBSECTION shall be used only for land
acquisition projects. A portion of the State's share of funds
available under this program shall be utilized to make grants to
[the Maryland Agricultural Foundation for agricultural easements
and] Baltimore City for projects which meet park purposes. The
grants shall be in addition to any funds Baltimore City is
eligible to receive under [subsection (b)] PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS
SUBSECTION SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, and may be used for
acquisition or development. In order for Baltimore City to be
eligible for a State grant, the Department shall review projects
or land to be acquired within Baltimore City, and upon the
Department's recommendation, the Board of Public Works may
approve projects and land including the cost. Title to the land
shall be in the name of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
City. The State is not responsible for costs involved in the
development or maintenance of the land; AND .

[(b)] (2) The General Assembly shall appropriate [one]
THE OTHER half of the funds [available under this program] to
assist local governing bodies in acquisition and development of
land for recreation and open space purposes.

(c) A committee, appointed by the Governor, shall prepare
and adopt an apportionment formula relating to the percent of the
total funds each subdivision will receive. The committee consists
of two members of the Senate, three members of the House of
Delegates, and four members of the public at large. The
Secretary of the Department of State Planning and the Secretary
shall serve as advisers to the committee. The committee shall
meet at least annually to review and update the apportionment
formula. In determining the allocation formula, the committee
shall take into account for each subdivision:

(1) [1970] CURRENT population, (2) [1980] projected
population, and (3) other factors it deems desirable. In
determining the apportionment for any year the committee may
consider under-utilization of available funds and transfer or
advance unused allocations that have not been utilized within a
given period. The committee may reallocate funds, subject
however to the policy that over the ten year period any
subdivision shall be allocated in the aggregate the funds it
would have been entitled to receive if able to utilize them.
Before adopting an apportionment formula and before allocating
funds for any year, the committee shall notify the governing

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