Ch. 2                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) May not be considered part of the price
charged for the energy or fuel; and

(ii) Is not subject to the approval of the
Public Service Commission.

(3) Heating fuel vendors may include the tax imposed
under this section as part of the price charged for fuel oil.
The fuel oil bill shall [clearly] state CLEARLY that the local
tax is included in the price. The tax shall be collected by the
vendor on behalf of the county.

(e) The net proceeds of this tax revenue shall be used only
for funding of public education within the instructional
salaries, instructional materials and related costs, special
education, and fixed charges budget categories in Prince George's
County.

SUBTITLE 8. GRANTS TO COUNTIES.

PART I. GRANTS GENERALLY.

[12H.] 9-801. AUTHORIZED.

[(a)] There is [hereby] granted out of the [general funds]
GENERAL FUND of the State [for fiscal 1968-69, and thereafter,]
to each county [of this State and to the City of Baltimore] a
grant [which shall] equal [that] TO THE proportion of the [State]
property tax collected [therein] IN THE COUNTY that a rate of
[eleven cents (11¢)] 11 CENTS per [one hundred dollars ($100.00)]
$100 of assessed valuation [applied to] OF the real property [as
defined hereinafter in any such county, or the City of Baltimore]
DESCRIBED IN § 9-802 OF THIS SUBTITLE, taxable at full rate for
State purposes, bears to the State property tax due in [such]
THAT county[, or the City of Baltimore]. [The]

9-802. BASIS FOR COMPUTATION.

(A)  REAL PROPERTY.

UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, real property shall be that part of the
estimated base for establishing the State tax rate which is
defined as land, improvements to land, land and nonoperating
property of railroads, land and nonoperating property of public
utilities, operating property of public utilities, and operating
property of railroads. [The]

(B)  CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSED VALUATION.

THE Director of the Department of Assessments and Taxation
shall certify to the State Comptroller [of] the assessed
valuation corrected as of May 1 of each year, upon which
valuation the calculation of [the] A grant UNDER THIS SUBTITLE
shall be made.

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