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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 204
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crops and preservation of agricultural
land.
Special Fund Appropriation, provided that
$2,400,000 of this appropriation, made for
the purpose of assisting farmers in the
transition of tobacco farms to non-tobacco
crops and preservation of agricultural
land, shall be subject to the following
restrictions:
(1) No part of these funds may be used to
promote the sale of tobacco;
(2) No funds may be expended until:
(a) A Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) is executed between the
Maryland Department of
Agriculture (MPA) and the
Tri-County Council of Southern
Maryland (Council) to outline the
oversight responsibilities of the
MPA to ensure accountability for
the expenditure of any monies
granted to the Council. This MOU
should dearly outline the
performance objectives and
categories of spending proposed by
the Council, consistent with the
Managing for Results initiative as
required by Chapters 172 and 173,
Acts of 1999. With respect to the
allocation of funds, the MOU
should outline how grants to the
Council will be administered by the
MPA for the specified programs
and purposes enumerated in the
spending plan to ensure that funds
are not granted before being ready
for funding;
(b) A report has been submitted to the
budget committees which
addresses;
(i) Need for an itemized spending
plan for specific purposes, that
matches the funds in the fiscal
2000 deficiency and the fiscal
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