- (a) A participating county may budget, appropriate, and disburse money to carry out the purposes of the commission under this chapter.
(b) The appropriation from the participating county that is needed for all or part of the commission's budget must be either:
- (1) apportioned among the participating counties in direct relationship to the amount of land area in each participating county certified under section 2 of this chapter; or
- (2) divided equally among the participating counties.
- (c) The appropriation that is needed under subsection (b) shall be presented to the county executive at the same time that budgets are presented by county officers.
As added by P.L.123-2026, SEC.38.