2013 Maryland Code
BUSINESS REGULATION
§ 11-403 - Use -- Annual grants

§11-403.

(a) 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 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.