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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="16-503" title_number="16" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Grants to Counties">
  <text>** IN EFFECT UNTIL JULY 1, 2026 PER CHAPTER 604 OF 2025 **</text>
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Governor shall include in the budget bill for fiscal year 2025 a General Fund appropriation for the following teacher retirement supplemental grants to the following counties:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Allegany County – $1,632,106;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Baltimore City – $10,047,596;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Baltimore County – $3,000,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Caroline County – $685,108;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Dorchester County – $308,913;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Garrett County – $406,400;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Prince George’s County – $9,628,702;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Somerset County – $381,999; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Wicomico County – $1,567,837.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For fiscal year 2026, the Governor shall include in the budget bill a General Fund appropriation for the following teacher retirement supplemental grants to the following counties:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Allegany County – $816,053;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Baltimore City – $5,023,798;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Baltimore County – $1,500,000;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Caroline County – $342,554;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Dorchester County – $154,457;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Garrett County – $203,200;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Prince George’s County – $4,814,351;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Somerset County – $191,000; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Wicomico County – $783,919.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
