ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 399

2-702.

(d) (1) The County Director of Finance shall deposit the revenues from the
transfer tax into a special fund.

(2)     Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the revenues
from the transfer tax may be used only for:

(i) school renovation and construction;

(II) PRIMARY, SECONDARY, OR HIGHER EDUCATION CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES;

[(ii)] (III) public safety, including grants and loans to volunteer
fire and rescue companies for capital expenditures;

[(iii)] (IV) transportation projects; and

[(iv)] (V) debt reduction.

(3)     For each fiscal year, at least $400,000 of the revenues from the
transfer tax shall be used for agricultural land preservation and other measures to
enhance the viability of agriculture in Washington County, INCLUDING THE
PURCHASE OF EASEMENTS AND TRANSFERRABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS USING
INSTALLMENT PURCHASE AGREEMENTS.

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

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 399
(House Bill 1134)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Managed Care Organizations -

Dental Services

FOR the purpose of requiring a managed care organization that participates in the
Maryland Medical Assistance Program to provide certain dental treatment and
certain follow up under certain circumstances. in coordination with certain
dentists. Program enrollees, and families of Program enrollees, to develop a
certain process to arrange to provide dental therapeutic treatment to certain
Program enrollees; and generally relating to the provision of dental services by
managed care organizations.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 15-103(a)(1) and (b)(1)

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