Ch. 172                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(b) The report of the Commission shall contain recommendations concerning:

(1)     matters specified in § 9-1807 of this subtitle;

(2)     the need to modify or eliminate any existing operations or services that a
unit provides;

(3)     the need for any formal executive, judicial, or legislative action;

(4)     issues in need of further study by the Commission; and

(5)     any other matter that relates to the purposes of the Commission under
this subtitle.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 172
(Senate Bill 797)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Eutaw Place Temple

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $292,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons of Maryland and Its Jurisdiction, Inc. for certain
acquisition, development, or improvement purposes; providing for disbursement of
the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a
matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a certain easement to the
Maryland Historical Trust; providing that no proceeds of a loan or any matching
funds may be used for religious purposes; and providing generally for the issuance
and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Baltimore City
- Eutaw Place Temple Loan of 1996 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i)
$292,000 or (ii) the amount of the matching fund provided in accordance with Section
1(5) below. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale, and delivery of State
general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of Public Works and
issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with §§ 8-117 through 8-124 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article and Article 31, § 22 of the Code.

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