Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)
(As enacted by Section 1 of this Act)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 16-405 of Article - Education of the Annotated Code of
Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 16-607.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 16-404 of
Article - Education of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Education

11-105.

(i) (1) In this subsection "community college" includes the Carroll County
Community College and the Calvert County and St. Mary's County branch campuses
of [Charles County Community College] THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND
established under the authority granted by § 16-103(1) of this article, and does not
include the Baltimore City Community College.

(6) The amount of the grant shall be a percentage of total design and
construction costs, including site acquisition and development costs, as follows:

(i) For a regional community college established under § 16-202
OR TITLE 16, SUBTITLE 6 of this article, 75 percent; or

(ii) For a public junior or community college that is not a regional
community college, the greater of:

1. A percentage equal to that percentage of the expenditure
for basic current expenses that the State pays to the petitioning jurisdiction under §
5-202(b) of this article up to a maximum of 70 percent; or

2. 50 percent.

SUBTITLE 6. COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

16-601.

(A) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN MARYLAND AS A
REGIONAL COLLEGE IS BASED ON THE FINDINGS AND POLICIES SET FORTH IN THIS
SECTION.

(B) (1) CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS PROVIDED HIGHER
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES IN CALVERT COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND IN
ST. MARTS COUNTY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.