MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        877

ING MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS THEREIN, AND BALTI-
MORE CITY shall be able to receive. The Committee shall
consist of two members of the Senate, three members of
the House of Delegates, and four members of the Public at large.
The Director of State Planning, the Director of Forests and Parks,
the director of Game and Inland Fish, and the Director of Chesa-
peake Bay Affairs, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE MARYLAND-
NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION,
shall serve as advisors to the Committee.

(h) The Department of Forests and Parks shall promulgate and
adopt rules and regulations governing the submission of applications
by the subdivisions. Such rules and regulations shall be prepared in
conjunction with the State Planning Department and such other
state, local, or regional agencies or organizations as the Department
of Forests and Parks may deem appropriate to consult. The Depart-
ment of Forests and Parks shall process and submit applications,
plans, and other supporting data, together with recommendations,
to the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works may
approve, or modify and approve, the recommendations submitted,
provided that any modifications made by the Board of Public Works
shall be in accord with the rules and regulations promulgated and
adopted by the Department of Forests and Parks and the State
Planning Department. The Board of Public Works shall certify the
obligation of funds for each approved project to the State Treasurer,
and the Treasurer shall make such funds available to the governing
body of the subdivision which submitted the application.

SEC. 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT FOR THE
PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND THE INTEREST ON
THE BONDS OR CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AS THE SAME
BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE, THERE SHALL BE AND IS
HEREBY LAID AN ANNUAL TAX WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF
SUCH AMOUNTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OF THE PRO-
CEEDS OF THE TAX ON WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS, IMPOSED
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 278A OF
ARTICLE 81 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND AS
SET FORTH IN SECTION 10 OF THIS ACT.

SEC. 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, THAT, IN ADDI-
TION THERE SHALL BE AND IS HEREBY LEVIED AND
IMPOSED AN ANNUAL STATE TAX ON EACH ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS OF ASSESSABLE PROPERTY AT A RATE TO BE
DETERMINED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: ON OR BE-
FORE MAY 1, 1970, AND ON OR BEFORE MAY 1 IN EACH
YEAR THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL
CERTIFY TO THE GOVERNING BODIES OF EACH OF THE
COUNTIES AND OF BALTIMORE CITY THE RATE OF STATE
TAX ON EACH ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF ASSESSABLE
PROPERTY NECESSARY TO PRODUCE REVENUE TO MEET
ALL INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, IF ANY, WHICH WILL BE
PAYABLE TO THE CLOSE OF THE NEXT ENSUING TAXABLE
YEAR ON ALL BONDS OR CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS
THERETOFORE ISSUED OR THERETOFORE AUTHORIZED
BY RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS TO
BE ISSUED, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION,