Ch. 329                                   2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before January 1,
2005, the State Board of Education shall report to the Senate Budget and Taxation
Committee, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs Committee, the
House Appropriations Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee, in
accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, on the results of its efforts
to enter into the reciprocity agreements. For each state with which the State Board
did not enter into a reciprocity agreement, the report shall include:

(1) a detailed description of the State Board's efforts to reach an
agreement; and

(2) an explanation of each factor contributing to the failure to reach an
agreement.

SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 329
(House Bill 259)

AN ACT concerning

Frederick County - Loans to Volunteer Fire or Rescue Companies

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Frederick
County to provide loans to approved volunteer fire or rescue companies for land
or buildings to be used by the companies; making certain stylistic corrections;
and generally relating to volunteer fire and rescue companies in Frederick
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Frederick County
Section 2-8-4

Article 11 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1979 Edition and April 2002 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 11 - Frederick County

2-8-4.

The [board of county commissioners] BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of
Frederick County may provide loans to approved volunteer fire or rescue companies
for [the purchase of] fire or rescue equipment, LAND, OR BUILDINGS to be used by the

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