Ch. 430                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That a closing balance of at
least $62,000,000 shall be retained in the Annuity Bond Fund for fiscal year 2005.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding §
13-1115 of the Health - General Article, for fiscal year 2005 only the amount of each
Statewide Academic Health Center Public Health Grant distributed to the University
of Maryland Medical Group or The Johns Hopkins Institutions, respectively, shall be
$1,218,000.

SECTION 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding §
13-209(e) of the Tax - Property Article or any other provision of law, if the actual
transfer tax revenue collections for fiscal 2004 exceed the revenue estimates for fiscal
2004 by more than $41,886,000, the first $750,000 $1,500,000 of the excess over
$41,886,000 shall be distributed to Baltimore City to be used for park operations in
accordance with § 5-903(a)(2)(ii) of the Natural Resources Article. A distribution to
Baltimore City under this section shall be implemented by budget amendment during
fiscal 2005.

SECTION 15. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 4.2 of Article
49D - Office for Children, Youth, and Families of the Annotated Code of Maryland be
repealed. Any balance remaining in the Subcabinet for Children, Youth, and Families
Resource Fund on June 30, 2004 shall revert to the General Fund. On and after July
1, 2004, any moneys by law otherwise to be paid or credited to the Subcabinet for
Children, Youth, and Families Resource Fund shall be paid or credited to the
Subcabinet Fund established under Article 49D, § 4.3 of the Code.

SECTION 16. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 90 through 95
and the subheading "Maryland Individual Development Accounts" of Article 88A -
Human Resources of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 16. 17. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 5-216 of
Article - Education of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 17. 18. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 24-810 of
Article - Health - General of the Annotated Code of Maryland be. repealed.

SECTION 18. 19. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 8-206 and
8-207 of Article - Public Safety of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 19. 20. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of
Chapter 177 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1997 be repealed.

SECTION 20. 21. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2 of
Chapter 178 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1997 be repealed.

SECTION 22. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, on or before November
1, 2004, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Public Service
Commission, and the Department of Human Resources, in accordance with § 2-1246
of the State Government Article, shall submit to the Senate Budget and Taxation
Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and
the House Economic Matters Committee a report prepared jointly by the agencies
detailing the most appropriate method of merging the two weatherization programs

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