PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               Ch. 13

CHAPTER 13
(Senate Bill 160)

Budget Bill

(Fiscal Year 1997)

AN ACT for the purpose of making the proposed appropriations contained in the State
Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, in accordance with Article III,
Section 52 of the Maryland Constitution; and generally relating to appropriations
and budgetary provisions made pursuant to that section.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That subject to the provisions hereinafter set forth and subject to the
Public General Laws of Maryland relating to the Budget procedure, the several amounts
hereinafter specified, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to accomplish the purposes
designated, are hereby appropriated and authorized to be disbursed for the several
purposes specified for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, as
hereinafter indicated.

PAYMENTS OF REVENUE TO CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE

19.10.00.00 Share of Racing Revenue

To Baltimore City, the Counties and the
Incorporated Towns of the State: The
respective shares due them from racing
revenue in accordance with Title 11,
Subtitle 4 of the Business Regulation
Article. The amount shown herein is an
estimate; it is the intention that the amount
to be distributed shall be the actual share of
the revenue received.

Special Fund Appropriation.............................

19.15.00.00 Disparity Grants to Counties

To provide funds for disparity grants to the
following counties and Baltimore City in
accordance with Article 24, Section 9-1101.

Allegany............................................$2,375,837

Caroline.................................................901,235

Dorchester.............................................957,817

Garrett................................................1,458,779

Somerset.............................................2,211,700

Baltimore City..................................37,608,294

General Fund Appropriation...........................

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1,366,600

45,513,662