Terms Used In Maryland Code, LOCAL GOVERNMENT 16-503

  • 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
  • County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
  • 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.
The Governor shall include in the budget bill for each fiscal year a General Fund appropriation for the following teacher retirement supplemental grants to the following counties:

(1) Allegany County – $1,632,106;

(2) Baltimore City – $10,047,596;

(3) Baltimore County – $3,000,000;

(4) Caroline County – $685,108;

(5) Dorchester County – $308,913;

(6) Garrett County – $406,400;

(7) Prince George’s County – $9,628,702;

(8) Somerset County – $381,999; and

(9) Wicomico County – $1,567,837.