Ch. 458

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

requirements as approved by the County Commissioners. The service award
payments may be made monthly by the County directly to eligible recipients.

(C) THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 95 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND
AND ANY OTHER LAW THAT LIMITS THE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS THAT MAY BE
MADE OF COUNTY FUNDS OR THAT LIMITS OR PLACES CONDITIONS ON THE DEPOSIT
OF COUNTY FUNDS DO NOT APPLY TO THE DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF MONEY
INTO THE SPECIAL FUND UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 458
(House Bill 948)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland School for the Blind - Funding

FOR the purpose of altering the amount that counties shall pay requiring each county
board of education to pay a certain amount to the Maryland School for the Blind
each year; requiring certain county governing bodies to include certain children
in a certain enrollment count; repealing certain provisions related to payments to
the Maryland School for the Blind; altering the calculation of the appropriation
for the Maryland School for the Blind; defining a certain term; providing for a
delayed effective date; and generally relating to funding for the Maryland School
for the Blind.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 8-310(a) 8-310 and 8-317
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article - Education

8-310.

(a) (1) Each county BOARD shall pay the Maryland School for the Blind
[$200 a year] AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE LOCAL SHARE OF THE BASIC COST, AS
DEFINED IN § 8-415(D)(1) OF THIS TITLE, for each blind child who is sent to the school
from the county EACH YEAR TO SUPPORT THE COST OF INSTRUCTIONAL
PROGRAMMING.

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