Ch. 5

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iv) For subdivisions with population density 900 or more but less
than 1,100 per square mile, payment under THIS paragraph [(2)] shall not exceed the
equivalent of $8.00 per capita.

(v) For subdivisions with population density 1,100 or more but less
than 1,300 per square mile, payment under THIS paragraph [(2)] shall not exceed the
equivalent of $9.25 per capita.

(vi) For subdivisions with population density 1,300 or more but less
than 8,000 per square mile, payment under this [subparagraph (2)] PARAGRAPH
shall be 25% of the amount by which aggregate expenditures for police protection
exceed the equivalent of $6.00 per capita but do not exceed the equivalent of $36.00
per capita and 50% of the amount by which aggregate expenditures for police
•protection exceed the equivalent of $36.00 per capita but do not exceed the equivalent
of $45.50 per capita.

(vii) For subdivisions with population density 8,000 or more per
square mile, payment under this [subparagraph (2)] PARAGRAPH shall be 25% of the
amount by which aggregate expenditures for police protection exceed the equivalent
of $6.00 per capita but do not exceed the equivalent of $36.00 per capita and 50% of
the amount by which aggregate expenditures for police protection exceed the
equivalent of $36.00 per capita but do not exceed the equivalent of $101.50 per capita.

(3)     Minimum Grant. The State shall pay to each subdivision the amount,
if any, by which the equivalent of $2.50 per capita exceeds the total payments
determined under [subparagraphs] PARAGRAPHS (1) AND (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION.
No subdivision for which the population estimate is less than the population
estimated for the first year of this grant shall receive in any year a smaller amount of
State aid for police protection than it received in any previous year, provided it has
not reduced the level of expenditure for police protection which entitled it to the
amount of that previous year's grant.

(4)     Incentive Grant. In addition to the payments made under
[subparagraphs] PARAGRAPHS (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection, the State shall pay
to each subdivision with a population density of less than 500 per square mile, an
amount the equivalent of $2.00 per capita.

(5)     Supplemental Grant. (i) In addition to the payments made under
[subparagraphs] PARAGRAPHS (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 per capita; and

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

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