Marvin Mandel, Governor                         801

CHAPTER 242
(Senate Bill 798)

AN ACT relating to the Water Quality Loan Act of 1968 to repeal
and re-enact, with amendments, Section 5(b)2 of Chapter 445 of
the Laws of 1968, as amended by Chapter 653 of the Laws of 1969,
AND Chapter 246 of the Laws of 1970, and Chapter 734 of the
Laws of 1971, to permit the maximum amount of State and Fed-
eral grants which may be made to assist in the construction of
sewage treatment plants and related facilities eligible for grants
under Federal law to exceed 75% of the eligible cost of any given
project whenever the total aggregate grants available may exceed
such 75% by virtue of additional Federal grant funds being made
available.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 5(b)2 of Chapter 445 of the Laws of 1968, as amended
by Chapter 653 of the Laws of 1969, AND Chapter 246 of the Laws
of 1970, and Chapter 734 of the Laws of 1971, be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

5.

(b) 2. That a State grant offer shall be made for every project on
which a Federal grant offer is made, or which has been found eli-
gible for a Federal grant, and that the outright State grant shall
be equal, when combined with the maximum Federal grant for
which the project would be eligible if sufficient Federal funds were
available, to seventy-five percent (75%) of the eligible cost of the
project [, except that when the size of the Federal grant is increased
by the Secretary of the Interior,] or to such greater percentage as
will equal the maximum total percentage of grants for which the
project is eligible from both Federal and State sources, if and when,
from time to time, the provisions of applicable Federal law are such
that, in order for the project to qualify for the maximum amount
of grants available from both Federal and State sources, the per-
centage exceeds seventy-five percent (75%) of the eligible cost of
the project. If the amount of the Federal grant is increased as the
result of the project being in conformity with an approved compre-
hensive plan, or for any other similar reason, such increase shall
not be used to decrease the amount of the outright State grant. In
the case of a project to be operated by a State owned institution or
facility, the State grant offer shall equal the total cost of the project.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 5, 1972.

CHAPTER 243
(Senate Bill 800)

AN ACT to add new Section 5B to Article 66C of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Supplement), title "Natural Resources,"