WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 421

kind contributions, or funds expended prior to the effective date of this Act. In case of
any dispute as to what money or assets may qualify as matching funds, the Board of
Public Works shall determine the matter, and the Board's decision is final. Grantees
have until June 1, 1992 to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works
that the matching fund will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board
shall certify this fact to the State Treasurer and the proceeds of the loan shall be
expended for the purposes provided in this Act. If this evidence is not presented by
June 1, 1992, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the purposes authorized in §
8-129 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, before a State agency or institution
named in this Act as responsible for an individual item may begin work with funds
secured under this Act, the agency or institution shall provide satisfactory assurance to
the Board of Public Works that the work described in the individual item can be
completed with the funds specified for that item.

(7) If federal funds are available to help accomplish any project identified in
this Act, the State agency or institution responsible for the project shall make efforts
through proper administrative procedures to obtain these federal funds. Before
spending any funds secured under this Act, the agency or institution shall certify its
efforts to the Board of Public Works and state the reason for any failure to obtain
federal funds. If federal funds are obtained, they shall be used to defray the costs of the
project described in this Act, not to expand its scope.

(8) For any project listed in Section 1(3)(A) of this Act for which preliminary
planning funds are appropriated and for which the program required by Section
3-602(d) of the State Finance and Procurement Article has not been prepared, the
State agency or institution responsible for the project shall submit a program to the
Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning for approval before the planning funds may
be spent. For any project listed in Section 1(3)(A) of this Act for which funds for
construction are appropriated and for which the 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 the plans and outline specifications to the Department of Budget
and Fiscal Planning for approval before the construction funds may be spent.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Chapter 671 of the Acts of 1977, as amended by Chapter 420 of the Acts of 1979

Section 1(2)(G)(1)

(c) Design of a Fire Rescue Services Building to serve the campus
contingent upon approval of the site and preliminary plans by the
Department of State Planning and the Department of General
Services. The amount of funds in this appropriation not
encumbered for the purpose identified above as of January 31,
1979 shall be used for the design and construction of alterations
and an addition to Building 007 to house the College Park

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