Ch. 204

ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a)     for any appropriation for the planning of a State-owned project provided in
this Act, if a program required by Section 3-602(d) of the State Finance and
Procurement Article has not been submitted, the State agency or institution
responsible for the project shall submit a program to the Department of Budget and
Management for approval before funds may be expended from the appropriation; and

(b)     for any appropriation for the construction of a State-owned project
provided in this Act, if preliminary plans and outline specifications required by
Section 3-602(f)(2)(i) of the State Finance and Procurement Article have not been
prepared, the State agency or institution responsible for the project shall submit
preliminary plans and outline specifications to the Department of Budget and
Management for approval before funds may be expended from the appropriation.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That no portion of the
proceeds of a loan or any of the matching funds provided for a project funded under
this Act may be used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in
connection with the design, acquisition, construction, or equipping of any building
used or to be used as a place of sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in
connection with any program or department of divinity for any religious
denomination. Upon the request of the Board of Public Works, a recipient of the
proceeds of a loan under this Act shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that
none of the proceeds of the loan or any portion of the matching funds has been or is
being used for a purpose prohibited by this Act.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That when a historical
easement is granted to the Maryland Historical Trust in Section 1(3), Item ZD01:

(a) Grantees shall, prior to the issuance of the bonds, grant and convey
to the Maryland Historical Trust a perpetual preservation easement to the extent of
its interest:

(1) On the land or such portion of the land acceptable to the Trust;

(2) On the exterior and interior, where appropriate, of the historic
structures;

(b) If the grantee or beneficiary of the grant holds a lease on the land
and structures, the Trust may accept an easement on the leasehold interest;

(e) The easement must be in form and substance acceptable to the Trust
and any liens or encumbrances against the land or the structures must be acceptable
to the Trust.

SECTION 12. 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Green Building
Pilot Program shall be expanded to include only those capital projects in the pilot
fiscal 2004 Capital Improvement Program that have an approved total project cost
estimate that includes specific funds for green design and construction. This pilot
program requires that the following newly constructed or renovated State owned

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