Ch. 242 LAWS OF MARYLAND

behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Anne Arundel
General Treatment Services, Inc. Loan of 1990 in the total principal amount of
$2,500,000. 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.

(2) The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this loan may be sold as a
single issue, or may be consolidated and sold as part of a single issue of bonds under §
8-122 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(3) The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer and
first shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of issuing, selling, and delivering
the bonds, unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then shall be
credited on the books of the Comptroller and expended, on approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including any applicable architects'
and engineers' fees: as a grant to the Anne Arundel General Treatment Services Inc.
for the planning, design, ond construction construction, and equipping of an adolescent
and young adult residential substance abuse treatment facility.

(4) An annual State tax is imposed on all assessable property in the State in rate
and amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, as and when
due and until paid in full. The principal shall be discharged within 15 years after the
date of issue of the bonds.

(5) Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions of this Act for the
purposes set forth in Section 1(3) above, the Anne Arundel General Treatment
Services, Inc. shall provide at least an equal and matching fund of $2,500,000. No part
of an applicant's matching fund may be provided, either directly or indirectly, from
funds of the State, whether appropriated or unappropriated. No part of the fund may
consist of real property, in kind contributions; or funds expended prior to the effective
date of this Act. The fund may consist of real property. 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. The Anne Arundel General
Treatment Services, Inc. has 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1990.

Approved May 2, 1990.

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