PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 3

CHAPTER 3
(House Bill 175)

Budget Bill

(Fiscal Year 1998)

AN ACT for the purpose of making the proposed appropriations contained in the State
Budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, 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, 1997, and ending June 30, 1998, as
hereinafter indicated.

PAYMENTS OF REVENUE TO CIVIL DIVISIONS OF THE STATE

AJ00.00 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.............................                                           1,344,300

AO00.00 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............................................$3,592,611

Caroline..............................................1,493,402

Dorchester........................................ 1,290,582

Garrett................................................2,029,289

Somerset.............................................2,734,070

Washington............................................229,353

Wicomico...............................................150,294

Baltimore City..................................50,506,101

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