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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.] EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED BELOW, A STATE GRANT OFFER SHALL BE MADE ONLY
FOR A PROJECT OR PART OF A PROJECT ON WHICH A FEDERAL
GRANT OFFER IS MADE, AND THE STATE GRANT OFFER SHALL
AMOUNT TO ONE-HALF OF THE ELIGIBLE COST REMAINING AFTER
THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL GRANT HAS BEEN APPLIED. IN THE CASE
OF A PROJECT TO BE OPERATED BY A STATE OWNED INSTITUTION
OR FACILITY, THE STATE GRANT OFFER MAY EQUAL THE TOTAL
COST OF THE PROJECT.

4. [Any county, municipality, any agency thereof, or any special governmental
agency which is charged with providing sanitary facilities 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 89-753,
in excess of the amount contemplated in the plan which was approved in
accordance with Section 5(c) of this Act.] THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
IS AUTHORIZED, IN ITS DISCRETION AND UPON
RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
MENTAL HYGIENE, TO APPROVE A STATE GRANT NOT TO EXCEED
87-1/2 PER CENT OF THE ELIGIBLE COST OF A PROJECT OR PART OF
A PROJECT, IF THE BOARD FINDS (A) THAT THE IMMEDIATE
INITIATION OR CONTINUATION OF SUCH PROJECT IS CRITICAL TO
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR WATER QUALITY STANDARDS OF THE
STATE, AND (B) THAT A TIMELY AND SUFFICIENT FEDERAL GRANT
IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SUCH PROJECT.

SECTION [[14]] 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances
shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or
applications thereof which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application.

SECTION [[15]] 14. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate
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 April 26, 1973.

CHAPTER 56
(House Bill 775)

AN ACT to repeal Sections 5A and 5B of Article 5 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1972 Supplement), title "Appeals,"
subtitle, "Appeals to Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals,"
subheading "Jurisdiction of Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals," to