WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                             Ch. 5

5-903.

(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 Director of the
MARYLAND Office of 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) current population, (2) 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 MAY 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]
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
bodies of every affected subdivision of its intended action and, after reasonable notice,
afford an opportunity for hearings on the apportionment or allocation.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Omitted word and hyphen in § 5-903(c) of the Natural Resources
Article.

Occurred: Ch. 4, Acts of the First Special Session of 1973.

(d)     Any funds previously or subsequently appropriated or reimbursed to the
Department from the Land and Water Conservation Fund of the United States
Department of [Interior] INTERIOR, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE shall be used to
supplement the acquisition and development program of the Department and of other
eligible State agencies and local government bodies. Subject to § 2-1312 of the State
Government Article, the Department shall submit to the General Assembly an annual
report of receipts and disbursements of these funds.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Obsolete terminology in § 5-903(d) of the Natural Resources Article.

Occurred: As a result of the transfer of the administration of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund to the National Park Service.

5-904.

(a) (1) Each year the Department, in consultation with the MARYLAND
Office of Planning, shall prepare a list of recommended State projects for funding under
this program for the next fiscal year.

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