Ch. 330 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

27-101.

(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person convicted of a
misdemeanor for the violation of any of the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law is
subject to a fine of not more than $500.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 330
(Senate Bill 156)

AN ACT concerning

Higher Education - Community College Funding Formula - Senator John A. Cade

FOR the purpose of naming the formula for the distribution of funds to the community
colleges in the State in memory of the late Senator John A. Cade.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 16-305

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume)

Preamble

WHEREAS, John A. "Jack" Cade was first elected to the Senate of Maryland in
1974; and

WHEREAS, During his 22-year tenure, Senator Cade was a champion of all
children of the State, working long and hard to ensure that their education was
adequately funded and that educational funds were equitably distributed; and

WHEREAS, During his last year in the Senate of Maryland, Senator Cade served as
cochairman of a work group that addressed funding for the community colleges in the
State; and

WHEREAS, Senator Cade was instrumental in securing the support that was
necessary to increase the funding for the benefit of both current and future students; and

WHEREAS, Naming the formula used to distribute funds to the community
colleges of the State in memory of Jack Cade honors his commitment to educational
excellence and recognizes the many contributions he made to the improvement of the
education of the citizens of the State of Maryland; now, therefore,

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