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SENATE BILL 589
M4, C8 (4lr2786)
ENROLLED BILL
— Budget and Taxation/Environment and Transportation —
Introduced by Senators Bailey, Jackson, Benson, Elfreth, Ellis, and Rosapepe
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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President.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Tri–County Council for Southern Maryland – Southern Maryland Agricultural 2
Development Commission – Funding 3
FOR the purpose of altering the amount of an appropriation that the Governor is required 4
to include in the annual budget bill each year for the Tri–County Council for 5
Southern Maryland; repealing the termination of certain provisions of law that 6
require the Governor to include the appropriation in the annual budget bill each year 7
and the Council to use the appropriation to fund the activities of the Southern 8
Maryland Agricultural Development Commission; and generally relating to the 9
Tri–County Council for Southern Maryland and the Southern Maryland Agricultural 10
Development Commission. 11
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
Article – Economic Development 13
Section 13–601(a) and (c) 14 2 SENATE BILL 589
Annotated Code of Maryland 1
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 2
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 3
Article – Economic Development 4
Section 13–611(b)(3) 5
Annotated Code of Maryland 6
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 7
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8
Chapter 187 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2022 9
Section 2 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Economic Development 13
13–601. 14
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 15
(c) “Council” means the Tri–County Council for Southern Maryland. 16
13–611. 17
(b) (3) (i) The Governor shall include in the State budget for the following 18
fiscal year an appropriation to partially support the Council. 19
(ii) 1. For fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year thereafter, the 20
Governor shall include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of [$900,000] 21
$1,000,000 to the Council from the Cigarette Restitution Fund established under § 7–317 22
of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 23
2. THE GOVERNOR MAY INCLUDE IN THE ANNUAL 24
BUDGET BILL AN APPRO PRIATION EQUAL TO 5% OF THE AMOUNT ALLOCA TED TO 25
THE STATE FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR UNDER THE MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 26
AS DEFINED IN § 16–402 OF THE BUSINESS REGULATION ARTICLE TO THE COUNCIL 27
FROM THE CIGARETTE RESTITUTION FUND ESTABLISHED UNDE R § 7–317 OF THE 28
STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 29
[2.] 3. The Council shall use funds appropriated from the 30
Cigarette Restitution Fund for the purpose of funding the activities of the Southern 31
Maryland Agricultural Development Commission. 32
SENATE BILL 589 3
[3.] 4. The appropriation required under subsubparagraph 1 of 1
this subparagraph shall be in addition to, and may not supplant, any funding appropriated 2
to the Council. 3
Chapter 187 of the Acts of 2022 4
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 5
1, 2022. [It shall remain effective for a period of 3 years and, at the end of June 30, 2025, 6
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 7
of no further force and effect.] 8
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 9
1, 2024. 10
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.