SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1475

Act of 1966, P.L. 89-753, in excess of the amount contemplated
in the plan shall be retained by the petitioning agency.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5 (b) 1, 2, & 3 of Chapter 561 of the Laws of Maryland
1966, be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments,
and new subsection 5 (b) 4 be and it is hereby added to Chapter 561
of the Laws of Maryland 1966, to follow immediately after sub-
section 5 (b) 3 thereof, all to read as follows:

5 (b).

1.   That a preliminary application, in such form as the State
Department of Health shall specify, must be received by the State
Department of Health for each project no later than January 1
[of each year,] for projects to be financed during the fiscal year
starting [the following] July 1, 1967.

2.   That the final petition and such supporting documents as may
be required by the State Department of Health are received by the
State Department of Health no later than May 1 [of each year] , 1967
for all projects to be financed in the fiscal year starting the following
July 1.

3.   That such Federal funds as are available from the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act for financing such construction proj-
ects shall be used to the maximum extent possible. The State funds
authorized by this Act will be used to provide 50 percent of the cost
of each construction project, to the extent that Federal funds from
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act do not provide that per-
centage of such cost. When no such Federal funds are available for
this purpose, State funds will be used to satisfy the entire 50 per cent
State responsibility.

5 (b).

4. Any county, municipality, any agency thereof, or any special
governmental agency which is charged with providing sanitary fa-
cilities in this State which submitted a sewerage project to the State
Department of Health in accordance with the provisions of this Act
and where the said project was included in the plan for financing
sewerage systems which was approved by the State Board of Health
and Mental Hygiene and the Board of Public Works, shall retain
whatever funds which may be received from the Federal government
as a result of the implementation of the Clean Waters Restoration
Act of 1966, Public Law 89-758, in excess of the amount contemplated
in the plan which was approved in accordance with Section 5 (c) of
this Act.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby
declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immedi-
ate preservation of the public health and safety and having been
passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly,
the same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1967.