Title 4. Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs — Subtitle 5. State Aid for Police Protection Fund

In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

“Adjusted assessed valuation of real property” means the sum of:

“Aggregate expenditures for police protection” means the sum of expenditures for police protection of a county and of every qualifying municipality in the county.

“County” does not include Baltimore City.

“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy.

“Fund” means the State Aid for Police Protection Fund.

“Net taxable income” means the taxable income of individuals under Title 10 of the Tax – General Article, as certified by the Comptroller for the third completed calendar year preceding the fiscal year for which the calculation of State aid is to be made.

“Qualified police officer” means a police officer that the Executive Director determines to be qualified under § 4–504(d) of this subtitle.

“Qualifying municipality” means a municipality that:

“Real property” means all property classified as real property under § 8–101(b) of the Tax – Property Article.

“Sworn officer” means:

“Wealth base” means the sum of the adjusted assessed valuation of real property and net taxable income.

the actual expenditures for police protection, not including capital expenditures; or

the sum of:

There is a State Aid for Police Protection Fund.

The Fund provides a continuing grant from the General Fund of the State that shall be used exclusively to provide adequate police protection in the counties and qualifying municipalities through the sharing of costs on an equitable basis within certain limits related to population factors.

The Executive Director shall administer the Fund.

The Executive Director shall:

In administering the Fund, the Executive Director shall:

The Executive Director shall apply the minimum standards determined by the Police Training and Standards Commission under Title 3, Subtitle 2 of this article to determine whether police officers are qualified.

The Police Training and Standards Commission shall print and distribute to all municipalities its regulations that set forth the minimum standards for police qualifications.

population numbers for a county shall be those estimated by the Maryland Department of Health, as of July 1 of each year; and

the percentage of population residing in municipalities shall be determined from time to time by the most recently published federal decennial census data.

In addition to the payments made under subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, the State shall pay to each county with a population density of less than 500 per square mile, $2.00 per person.

Each fiscal year, the State shall pay to each county an additional grant equal to the greater of:

The State shall pay each county the amount by which the grant paid to the county in fiscal year 1984 exceeds the total payments determined under subsections (b) through (g) of this section.

Each fiscal year, the State shall pay to each qualifying municipality, in addition to the payments made under subsections (b) through (h) of this section, $1,950 for each sworn officer actually employed on a full–time basis by the qualifying municipality, as determined by the Executive Director.

The payment made to each county under subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), and (h) of this section shall be allocated to each county and qualifying municipality by multiplying the total payment by a fraction:

For each fiscal year, the amount determined under § 4–506 of this subtitle for each county or Baltimore City shall be reduced by the sum of the crime assessment and the wealth assessment for the county or Baltimore City.

on warrants of the Comptroller;

at the end of each quarter of each fiscal year; and

in approximately equal amounts for each quarter to the appropriate county or qualifying municipality.

If the Executive Director finds that a county is not complying with § 4–502 of this subtitle, the Executive Director shall notify the county or qualifying municipality of the noncompliance.

If a county or qualifying municipality disputes the finding in the notice issued under subsection (a) of this section within 30 days of the issuance of the notice, the dispute shall be promptly referred to the Secretary of Budget and Management, who shall make a final determination.

On receipt of certification of noncompliance by the Executive Director or the Secretary of Budget and Management, the Comptroller shall suspend, until notification of compliance is received, payment of any funds due the county or qualifying municipality for the current fiscal year, under § 4–506 of this subtitle, to the extent that the State’s aid due the county or qualifying municipality in the current fiscal year under § 4–506 of this subtitle exceeds the amount that the county or qualifying municipality received in the prior fiscal year.

In this section, “immigration enforcement agreement” has the meaning stated in § 5–104.1 of the Criminal Procedure Article.

If the Executive Director finds that a county or qualifying municipality is not complying with State law related to immigration enforcement agreements, the Executive Director shall notify the county or qualifying municipality of the noncompliance.

If a county or qualifying municipality disputes the finding in the notice issued under subsection (b) of this section within 30 days after the issuance of the notice, the dispute shall be promptly referred to the Secretary of Budget and Management, who shall make a final determination.

On receipt of certification of noncompliance by the Executive Director or the Secretary of Budget and Management, the Comptroller shall suspend, until notification of compliance is received, payment of: