PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 179

CHAPTER 179
(House Bill 55)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County - Education - Financing - Reporting of Expenditures by County

Board

FOR the purpose of requiring the Anne Arundel County Board of Education to submit to
the Anne Arundel County Council on a quarterly basis a report certain reports
detailing certain expenditures; and generally relating to a reporting requirement for
the Anne Arundel County Board of Education.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Education
Section 5-105

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Education

Section 5-105.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

5-105.

(a)     This section does not apply to Baltimore City.

(b)     All revenues received by a county board shall be spent by the board in
accordance with the major categories of its annual budget as provided under § 5-101 of
this subtitle.

(c)     (1) A transfer may be made within the major categories without recourse to
the county commissioners or county council except that a report of the transfer shall be
submitted to the county commissioners or county council at the end of each month.

(2)     A transfer between major categories shall be made only with the
approval of the county commissioners or county council.

(3)     If the county commissioners or county council fail to take action on a
request for transfer between major categories within 30 days after the receipt of a written
request substantiating the transfer, the failure to take action constitutes approval.

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