ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 183

(3)     Fifty percent of all net profits in excess of the reserve fund shall be
paid to the County Commissioners of Worcester County on or before June 1 each year.
The remaining 50 percent shall be paid on or before June 1 each year to the mayors
and city councils of Berlin, Ocean City, Pocomoke City, and Snow Hill, AND TO ALL
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN OVERSEE A
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH A LIQUOR DISPENSARY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 15-203(F) OF THIS SUBTITLE, in proportion to the net profits
on total sales of the dispensaries situated in each of these municipalities AND
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS. For purposes of calculating the municipalities' share
and if the County Commissioners consent to it for each municipality, a radius of 2
miles outside of the municipal boundaries shall be considered as being within the
corporate limits. In the rural areas outside of the 2-mile radius of those
municipalities, the net profits shall go to the general funds of Worcester County.

(4)     (I) The amounts paid to the mayors and city councils of Berlin,
Ocean City, Pocomoke City, and Snow Hill shall be used for general municipal
purposes.

(II) THE AMOUNTS PAID TO THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS
SHALL BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SPECIAL POLICE FORCES OF THE
HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN WHICH A LIQUOR DISPENSARY HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED.

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

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 183
(House Bill 540)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Deputy Clerk or Sheriff - Oath of Office

FOR the purpose of requiring that every deputy clerk or sheriff in Washington County
take and sign the oath or affirmation prescribed by the Maryland Constitution;
and generally relating to oaths of office.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 2-104

Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

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