BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 88B - Department of State Police
Section 66(b)(5) and (8)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article 88B - Department of State Police

66.

(a) As used in this subtitle:

(1) "Subdivision" means any county of Maryland but does not include
Baltimore City; or where the context requires, the governing body thereof.

(2) "Municipality" means any incorporated city or town, except
Baltimore City, within Maryland; or where the context requires, the governing body
thereof.

(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975, and thereafter, the State shall
pay to each subdivision, and to each qualifying municipality, each year in the manner
and subject to the limitations and requirements hereinafter provided, an amount
determined as follows:

(5) Supplemental Grant. (i) In addition to the payments made under
subparagraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this subsection, the State shall pay:

1. To each subdivision, subject to subparagraph (ii) of this
paragraph, an amount the equivalent of [$2.50] $3.50 per capita; and

2. To Baltimore City, an amount the equivalent of [fifty
cents] $1.50 per capita.

(ii) The State shall allocate and distribute the supplemental grant
to each subdivision among the subdivisions and the qualifying municipalities in those
subdivisions on a per capita basis.

(8) Municipal Sworn Officer Allocation. The State shall pay to each
qualifying municipality, in addition to the payments made under subparagraphs (1)
through (7) of this subsection an amount equal to [$1,200] $1,800 for each sworn
police officer actually employed on a full-time basis by the qualifying municipality, as
determined by the Secretary.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the increased supplemental grant municipal sworn officer
allocation be included in the Governor's budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1,
1999.