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*hb0976*
HOUSE BILL 976
L2 4lr2066
CF SB 829
By: Delegate Otto
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 1, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Somerset County – Fire Companies – Appropriations 2
FOR the purpose of requiring the County Commissioners of Somerset County to 3
appropriate to certain organized volunteer fire companies in the county certain 4
amounts for certain fiscal years; requiring that the appropriations required for a 5
certain fiscal year remain in effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by a 6
future enactment; and generally relating to appropriations for organized volunteer 7
fire companies in Somerset County. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
The Public Local Laws of Somerset County 10
Section 2–304(a) 11
Article 20 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 12
(2015 Edition, as amended) 13
(As enacted by Chapters 327 and 328 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2018) 14
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 15
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 16
Article 20 – Somerset County 17
2–304. 18
(a) (1) The County Commissioners shall appropriate and levy annually the 19
following amounts for the use of the organized volunteer fire companies in the County: 20 2 HOUSE BILL 976
Fire [FY 2019] [FY 2020] [FY 2021] [FY 2022] [FY 2023] [FY 2024] 1
Company FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 FY 2030 2
Crisfield 3
Volunteer [$67,881.00] [$69,238.62] [$70,623.39] [$72,035.86] [$73,476.58] [$74,946.11] 4
Fire $76,445.03 $77,973.93 $79,533.41 $81,124.08 $82,746.56 $84,401.49 5
Company 6
Princess Anne 7
Volunteer [$67,881.00] [$69,238.62] [$70,623.39] [$72,035.86] [$73,476.58] [$74,946.11] 8
Fire $76,445.03 $77,973.93 $79,533.41 $81,124.08 $82,746.56 $84,401.49 9
Company 10
Marion 11
Volunteer [$43,248.00] [$44,112.96] [$44,995.22] [$45,895.12] [$46,813.03] [$47,749.29] 12
Fire $48,704.28 $49,678.37 $50,671.93 $51,685.37 $52,719.08 $53,773.46 13
Company 14
Deal Island– 15
Chance 16
Volunteer [$37,638.00] [$38,390.76] [$39,158.58] [$39,941.75] [$40,740.58] [$41,555.39] 17
Fire $42,386.50 $43,234.23 $44,098.91 $44,980.89 $45,880.51 $46,798.12 18
Company 19
Ewell Fire 20
Department, 21
Inc., of [$29,988.00] [$30,587.76] [$31,199.52] [$31,823.51] [$32,459.98] [$33,109.18] 22
Smith $33,771.36 $34,446.79 $35,135.72 $35,838.44 $36,555.21 $37,286.31 23
Island 24
Mount Vernon 25
Volunteer 26
Fire [$37,638.00] [$38,390.76] [$39,158.58] [$39,941.75] [$40,740.58] [$41,555.39] 27
Company, $42,386.50 $43,234.23 $44,098.91 $44,980.89 $45,880.51 $46,798.12 28
Inc. 29
Tylerton 30
Volunteer [$9,435.00] [$9,623.70] [$9,816.17] [$10,012.50] [$10,212.75] [$10,417.00] 31
Fire $10,625.34 $10,837.85 $11,054.60 $11,275.70 $11,501.21 $11,731.23 32
Company 33
Fairmont 34
Volunteer [$37,638.00] [$38,390.76] [$39,158.58] [$39,941.75] [$40,740.58] [$41,555.39] 35
Fire $42,386.50 $43,234.23 $44,098.91 $44,980.89 $45,880.51 $46,798.12 36 HOUSE BILL 976 3
Company 1
(2) The required appropriation for fiscal year [2024] 2030 shall remain in 2
effect for subsequent fiscal years unless altered by future enactment. 3
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 4
1, 2024. 5
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.