Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 4-608

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) Annually, the State shall appropriate in the State budget and pay to the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Annapolis at least $750,000 as payment for services provided to the State by the City of Annapolis.

(b) For fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter, the appropriation required under subsection (a) of this section shall be increased by the percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Baltimore Metropolitan Statistical Area.