Ch. 6

LAWS OF MARYLAND

the Commission to audit such licensee, specifying the manner in
which the increased funds were expended or committed in the prior
fiscal year of the licensee and an unaudited report on the
proposed use of the funds for the current fiscal year of the
licensee;

(3)  By October 1, 1986 a report on the use of
increased funds provided to the licensee under Chapter 144 of the
Acts of the General Assembly of 1983; and

(4)  Any additional information the General Assembly
deems appropriate. In the event that the General Assembly finds
that a licensee's proposed use of the increased funds is
inconsistent with the purposes specified in this section or the
licensee has not expended the funds consistent with the proposed
use of the funds, as determined by the General Assembly in its
sole discretion, the General Assembly may, by joint resolution,
direct that the Commission, notwithstanding any other provision
of the law, shall not award in the following calendar year any
part of or all of the additional 90 days of racing authorized in
Section 17(a) of this article to the licensee whose proposed use
or expenditure of the increased funds is found inconsistent by
the General Assembly with the purposes specified in this section.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect word usage in Article 78B, § 17(a)
and extraneous conjunction in subsection (b-3)(i) of
the same section.

Occurred: Extraneous conjunction occurred in Ch. 7,

Acts of     1985; incorrect word usage occurred prior to

the 1957 codification of the Annotated Code of
Maryland.

Chapter 270 of the Acts of 1987

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That [any requirement for a local government
contribution to the costs of social services or public assistance
programs, formerly governed by former Article 88A, § 18A, was
intended to be repealed and terminated when Article 88A, § 18A
was repealed by Chapter 103 of the Acts of the General Assembly
of 1978. Any provision of the Code inconsistent with that intent
to eliminate requirements for local government contributions to
the costs of social service or public assistance programs is
hereby repealed and any local contribution which may have been
required pursuant to such a provision is hereby waived and
terminated and of no further force and effect.] THE LAWS OF
MARYLAND READ AS FOLLOWS:

Article 88A - Social Services Administration

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