ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 67

CHAPTER 67
(House Bill 1184)

AN ACT concerning

Carroll County - Volunteer Firemen's Association - Name Change

FOR the purpose of changing the name of the volunteer firemen's association in
Carroll County from the Carroll County Volunteer Firemen's Association to the
Carroll County Volunteer Emergency Services Association; and generally
relating to the volunteer firemen's association in Carroll County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 3-206

Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(2000 Edition and August October 2002 Supplement, as amended)
(As enacted by Chapter 457 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2003)

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

Article 7 - Carroll County

3-206.

(a)     The County Commissioners of Carroll County shall annually levy and
collect from the assessable property in Carroll County, as other taxes are levied and
collected, a sum of money that is needed for the County Commissioners to distribute
and pay to the volunteer fire companies, except as noted in subsection (b) of this
section, in the County for the support, maintenance, equipment (including
ambulances) and operation of the volunteer fire companies. The sum of money
authorized by this section shall be proportioned and distributed among the volunteer
fire companies pursuant to a plan adopted by the executive committee of the Carroll
County Volunteer [Firemen's] EMERGENCY SERVICES Association and approved by
the County Commissioners.

(b)     The County Commissioners shall provide service award payments from a
special fund to eligible volunteer firemen as certified by the Carroll County Volunteer
[Firemen's] EMERGENCY SERVICES Association. The special fund shall be
established as an endowment. The payments shall be made to those individuals who
have met the adopted plan requirements as approved by the County Commissioners.
The service award payments may be made monthly by the County directly to eligible
recipients.

(c)     The provisions of Article 95 of the Annotated Code of Maryland and any
other law that limits the types of investments that may be made of County funds or

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