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of the total construction and equipment costs of any nursing home.
When Federal grants are not available, State grants shall be applied
at a rate not to exceed 66⅔% of the total construction and equipment
costs of any nursing home until such time as total State grants equal
total Federal grants.

(2) Any State grants made in excess of limitation (1) shall not
exceed 50% of the total construction and equipment costs of any
nursing home.

The petition in the first instance shall be directed to the State
Board of Health, and upon the approval of the plans by the State
Board of Health, the said Board of Health shall promptly report
the petition to the Board of Public Works together with its report
that the project has been approved both by the Surgeon General of
the United States or other lawful Federal authority under the pro-
visions of said Subchapter IV, as amended from time to time, and
also by the State Department of Health, and that the Board of Public
Works should make available the necessary matching funds as pro-
vided hereunder. For projects in which only State funds are to be
used, the said Board of Health shall promptly report the petition to
the Board of Public Works together with its report that the project
has been approved by the State Department of Health, and that the
Board of Public Works should make available the necessary funds as
provided hereunder.

(d)   The Board of Public Works shall make allocations from
moneys available under this Act as follows:

(1)  To every nursing home receiving such a Federal grant, a
supplementary sum toward the cost of the same project, subject to
the limitation that the State and Federal grants combined shall not
exceed sixty-six and two-thirds per centum (66⅔%) of the total
construction cost and equipping of any nursing home; or

(2)  To every nursing home eligible for grants under this Act,
when Federal Funds are not available, subject to the limitations cited
in sub-section (c) of this section.

The Board shall certify the allocation of State funds to the Treasurer
of the State, and the Treasurer shall make them available to the
nursing home when needed for the construction of the project.

(e)   The Board of Public Works is authorized, in its discretion,
to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for receiving such
petitions from public and other non-profit nursing homes in this
State, and for the consideration of petitions and disbursing of the
funds to the petitioning public and other non-profit nursing homes,
within the spirit and intent of this Act.

Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That until all of the interest on
and principals of any Certificates issued under this Act have been
paid in full, there is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax
on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessable property at
the rate to be determined in the following manner: On or before
December 1, 1961, and on or before December 1st of each calendar
year thereafter, the Board of Public Works shall certify to the gov-
erning bodies of each of the Counties and of Baltimore City the rate
of State tax on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of assessable
property necessary to produce revenue to meet all interest and