ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 430

CHAPTER 430
(Senate Bill 508)

AN ACT concerning

Budget Reconciliation and Financing Act of 2004

FOR the purpose of altering certain provisions relating to State aid to local
governments and State and local sharing of certain costs; altering the
administration of repealing certain State programs; codifying and altering
certain requirements that the Governor include certain funds in the State
budget for certain purposes; altering certain grants and required
. appropriations, repealing certain grants and required appropriations, and
altering certain requirements relating: to certain grants and required
appropriations; altering certain registration fees; altering certain audit and
reporting requirements; altering the authorized uses of certain funds and
altering the required uses of certain funds; requiring the Governor to include
certain appropriations in the State budget under certain circumstances for
certain reimbursements to counties; requiring the Comptroller to withhold and
remit to the Administrative Office of the Courts certain income tax revenue
attributable to the county income tax under certain circumstances; authorizing
certain annual grants to certain county boards of education, to the extent funds
are provided in the State budget, to reflect certain regional differences in the cost
of education; repealing certain provisions relating to a certain adjustment to
certain State aid to local education; delaying certain distributions to certain
institutions of higher education; repealing certain requirements and altering
certain requirements relating to certain required studies, reports, and
evaluations; requiring certain recipients of certain grants to use certain funds
for certain purposes; repealing certain accounts and special funds and altering
certain accounts and special funds; requiring certain information regarding the
financing and operation of State government to be provided to certain
committees under certain circumstances and in certain reports under certain
circumstances; prohibiting a member of the Board of Trustees for the State
Retirement and Pension System from accepting political contributions from
certain individuals; prohibiting certain individuals from engaging in certain
political activities under certain circumstances; requiring the Governor to
submit with the proposed budget each year certain bills necessary to submit a
balanced budget; requiring the budget books for a fiscal year to include certain
information relating to the Department of Transportation; clarifying the
procedures and uses of amendments to the State budget; authorizing the
expenditure of money from a special fund or the federal government that
exceeds the estimate in the State budget under certain circumstances;
authorizing the transfer of certain appropriations between certain units by
budget amendment under certain circumstances; clarifying certain requirements
for appropriations to the Revenue Stabilization Account; altering certain
requirements relating to legislative review of certain transfers from certain
special accounts or certain modifications to certain guidelines; requiring the
Capital Debt Affordability Committee to review and consider certain debt issued

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