Section 11-403 - Use - Annual grants. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-403. Use - Annual grants.
 

(a)  In general.- The Comptroller shall pay from the Special Fund an annual grant of: 

(1) $825,000 to the Maryland Agricultural Fair Board to promote State and county agricultural fairs and exhibits; 

(2) $100,000 to Prince George's County to replace money formerly received from the admissions and amusement tax; 

(3) $40,000 to the Great Frederick Fair to support exhibition harness racing with money for construction and maintenance of new stalls, track maintenance, and purses; 

(4) $50 to the City of Bowie for each day that the training facilities are open at the Bowie Race Course Training Center; 

(5) $75,000 to the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc., to promote and enhance statewide agricultural education; 

(6) an amount not to exceed $30,000 in fiscal year 1998 and $20,000 in each fiscal year thereafter to the Great Pocomoke Fair, Inc. to support exhibition harness racing with money for construction and maintenance of new stalls, track maintenance, and purses; 

(7) $500,000 to the Maryland Million, Ltd. to support and promote the running of Maryland Million races; and 

(8) $350,000 to the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for the Sire Stakes Program. 

(b)  If State Fair remains at Timonium.- If the Maryland State Fair remains at the Timonium Fair Grounds, the Comptroller shall pay from the Special Fund an annual grant of: 

(1) $500,000 to the Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society, Inc., to: 

(i) promote and enhance the Maryland State Fair; and 

(ii) maintain and develop youth programs, with premium money provided to organizations, such as 4-H Clubs and the Future Farmers of America, for recognition and awards; and 

(2) $50,000 to Baltimore County to replace the money formerly received by the county under this subtitle. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 78B, § 19; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1994, ch. 438; 1996, ch. 541; 1997, ch. 644; 1998, ch. 21, § 1; 1999, ch. 321; 2000, ch. 309, § 1; 2004, ch. 25, § 6; 2005, ch. 410.]