WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 1

1992 LAWS OF MARYLAND

MARYLAND, Sct.:

At an Extraordinary Session of the General Assembly of Maryland, begun and held in the
City of Annapolis on the Eighteenth Day of November, 1992, and Ending on the
Eighteenth Day of November, 1992, William Donald Schaefer, being Governor of
the State, the following laws were enacted, to wit:

CHAPTER 1

(Senate Bill 1)

AN ACT concerning

The Second Budget Reconciliation Act for Fiscal Year 1993

FOR the purpose of eliminating the State's payment of part of the employer social
security contributions for certain employees of local boards of education, of
community colleges, and of boards of library trustees; specifying that certain social
security contributions for certain employees remain the obligations of the
employers; authorizing the Governor for a certain fiscal year to reduce certain
amounts due the counties and Baltimore City; authorizing a county or Baltimore
City to submit a certain schedule to the Board of Public Works by which certain
reductions will be implemented by a certain date; providing for the review,
modification, and approval by the Board of Public Works of the schedules submitted
by the counties and Baltimore City; authorizing the Board of Public Works to
establish a schedule for implementation of certain reductions under certain
circumstances; authorizing an offset against any money due a county or Baltimore
City under certain circumstances; authorizing the counties and Baltimore City and
certain governmental units, subject to certain conditions, to take certain actions to
meet their fiscal obligations under this Act; authorizing the use of certain increases
in State public education aid to offset certain decreases in a local school board's
budget; continuing certain authority of the Maryland State Retirement Agency;
authorizing Baltimore City to increase its county income tax rate for calendar year
1993 notwithstanding certain timing requirements; making a technical correction;
providing for the effective date and application of this Act; and generally relating to
the financing of State and local governments by the reduction of certain
appropriations to the counties and Baltimore City, by authorizing an increase in the
county income tax for Baltimore City, and by altering certain provisions relating to
employer social security contributions for certain local employees.

EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXISTING LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
Underlining indicates amendments to bill.

Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the
law by amendment.
Italics denote opposite chamber/conference committee amendments.

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