WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 197

CHAPTER 197

(House Bill 111)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Payment of State Funds to Counties

FOR the purpose of requiring the State Superintendent to certify
to the State Comptroller the amount due at certain times to
county boards of education for transportation aid and for
special education services; specifying that the payments
made once every 2 months be in equal payments; and making a
technical change.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 5-204

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

5-204.

(a) Ten days before the end of July, September, November,
January, March, and May, the State Superintendent shall certify
to the State Comptroller the amount due at the end of each of
these months to each county board for the annual State share of

[basic]:

(1)  BASIC current expenses as provided under § 5-202

of this subtitle;

(2)  TRANSPORTATION AID AS PROVIDED UNDER § 5-203 OF

THIS SUBTITLE; AND

(3)  ANY MONEY PROVIDED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET FOR
SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES UNDER § 8-416 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(B) AMOUNTS DUE SHALL BE MADE IN EQUAL PAYMENTS ONCE EVERY
2 MONTHS.

[(b)] (C) Within 5 days before the end of each of these
months, the State Comptroller shall draw [his] THE COMPTROLLER'S
warrant on the State Treasurer for the amount due to Baltimore
City and the treasurer of each county board.

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