Ch. 203                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

2. To Baltimore City, an amount the equivalent of fifty cents
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.

(6)     Additional Grant. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1981, and for
each fiscal year thereafter, an additional grant equal to 10 percent of the total of the
payments determined under paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this subsection, or an
amount which shall not exceed the equivalent of $1 per capita, whichever is the
larger, shall be paid to the subdivisions.

(7)     Minimum Payment in Certain Years. Each subdivision shall be paid
that amount, if any, by which the grant paid to the subdivision in the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1984 exceeds the total payments determined under paragraphs (1),
(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this subsection.

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

(D) (1) (I) IN THIS SUBSECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(II)     "CRIME ASSESSMENT" MEANS AN AMOUNT OBTAINED FOR
EACH SUBDIVISION OR BALTIMORE CITY BY MULTIPLYING THE PERCENT OF TOTAL
PART I CRIMES IN THE STATE THAT WERE COMMITTED IN THE SUBDIVISION OR
BALTIMORE CITY BY 10 PERCENT OF THE COSTS FOR THE CRIME LABORATORY OF
THE STATE POLICE AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF
THE ASSESSMENT.

(III)   "PART I CRIMES" MEANS THE CRIMES REPORTED BY THE STATE
POLICE AS PART I CRIMES IN THE ANNUAL UNIFORM CRIME REPORT FOR THE
CALENDAR YEAR THAT ENDED THE FISCAL YEAR PRECEDING THE FISCAL YEAR OF
THE CRIME ASSESSMENT.

(IV)    "WEALTH ASSESSMENT" MEANS AN AMOUNT OBTAINED FOR
EACH SUBDIVISION OR BALTIMORE CITY BY MULTIPLYING THE PERCENT OF THE
TOTAL WEALTH BASE OF THE STATE THAT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE WEALTH BASE
OF THE SUBDIVISION OR BALTIMORE CITY BY 20 PERCENT OF THE COSTS FOR THE
CRIME LABORATORY OF THE STATE POLICE AS PROVIDED IN THE STATE BUDGET
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OF THE ASSESSMENT.

(2) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 2004, AND FOR EACH
FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER THE AMOUNT DETERMINED UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF
THIS SECTION FOR EACH SUBDIVISION OR BALTIMORE CITY SHALL BE REDUCED BY
THE SUM OF THE CRIME ASSESSMENT AND THE WEALTH ASSESSMENT FOR THE
SUBDIVISION OR BALTIMORE CITY.

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