§ 20.304. Duties of Clerk of Court.

The Clerk of the Circuit Court shall pay over to the Director of Finance from time to time, under such procedures as the Director of Finance may specify, the proceeds of this tax. The Director of Finance shall hold such proceeds in the following manner: 25 percent in a special fund known as "The School Site Acquisition and Construction Fund," and disbursements from this fund shall be made only for the purposes set forth in section 9.102 of the Howard County Code; 25 percent in a special fund known as "The Park Land Watershed Facilities Fund," and disbursements from this fund shall be made only for the purposes set forth in section 19.100 of the Howard County Code; and the remainder in the general fund of the County, with the stipulation that the County Council shall budget this remainder as follows: 50 percent plus the interest thereon for the Howard County Agricultural Land Preservation Fund; 25 percent for community improvement and housing programs primarily serving low income individuals and families and the homeless and for urban renewal; and 25 percent for the acquisition or leasing of land for new fire house sites and training facilities and the construction and maintenance of fire house and training facilities, the acquisition and maintenance of fire equipment, and supplementation of financial needs of fire companies.

(1965, Ch. 515; 1968, Ch. 256; 1978, Ch. 496; 1984, Ch. 367; 1988, Ch. 630)