Ch. 286                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 669

Any Federal grant which may be available for this purpose shall be applied first
to the cost of construction, acquisition and/or renovation and equipment of each
Community Mental Health Center Component or Mental Retardation Facility.
State grants shall be used to supplement Federal grants when available in such a
manner that grants from these combined State and Federal sources provide not
more than 67% of the total eligible cost of the project; except for those projects
designated under Federal regulations; State Plans, and regulations provided for by
this Act as eligible for poverty area funding, grants from combined State and
Federal sources may provide not more than 90% of the total eligible costs of the
project.

Any State grants made within limitation (1) or from State funds only shall not
exceed 50% of the total construction, acquisition and/or renovation and equipment
costs of any Community Mental Health Center Component or Mental Retardation
Facility, except for those projects designated under Federal regulations. State
Plans, and regulations provided for by this Act as eligible for poverty area funding,
grants from State sources may not exceed 75% of eligible costs.

The application in the first instance shall be directed to the Secretary of Health
and Mental Hygiene and, upon the approval of the plans by the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, the Secretary shall promptly report the petition to the
Board of Public Works, together with its report that the project has been approved
by the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, and that the Board of Public
Works should make available the necessary matching funds as provided hereunder.

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

(a)    To every Community Mental Health Center Component or Mental
Retardation Facility receiving a Federal grant a supplementary sum toward the
cost of the same project, subject to the limitations set forth in subsection (c)-(l)
and (2) of this section; or

(b)    To every Community Mental Health Center Component or Mental
Retardation Facility eligible for grants under this Act, when Federal funds are not
available, subject to the limitations cited in subsection (c)-(2) 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 Community Mental
Health Center Component or Mental Retardation Facility when needed for the
construction, acquisition and/or renovation and equipment of the project.

(5)  The Board of Public Works is authorized, in its discretion, to adopt and
promulgate rules and regulations for receiving such applications from public and
other nonprofit Community Mental Health Center Component or Mental
Retardation Facilities in this State and for the consideration of petitions and
disbursing of the funds to the eligible public and other nonprofit Community
Mental Health Center Component or Mental Retardation Facility, within the spirit
and intent of this Act.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all funds which may
be appropriated at any time or from time to time by the General Assembly in any
annual State Budget Bill for the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the Annuity Bond Fund by the State
Comptroller to be applied to the payment of principal and interest on bonds issued
pursuant to this Act.