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2126 LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 632
Preamble
WHEREAS, There has been established a program to
finance the acquisition of land and the development of
that land by the State and its subdivisions for outdoor
public recreational and open space purposes, this program
being known as "Program Open Space"; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 403 of the Acts of 1969 (the "Act")
authorized and directed the Board of Public Works to
issue a State loan to be known as the "Outdoor Recreation
Land Loan of 1969" in the aggregate amount of
$6 0,000,000, the net actual cash proceeds of which are to
be expended to fund Program Open Space; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 353 of the Acts of 1972 amended the
Act to authorize and direct the Board of Public Works to
increase the total amount of funds which the State of
Maryland is authorized to borrow under the "Outdoor
Recreation Land Loan of 1969" to the aggregate amount of
$70,000,000, the net actual cash proceeds of which are to
be expended to fund Program Open Space; and
WHEREAS, It was the intention of the General
Assembly of Maryland in enacting the Act that the bonds
evidencing the Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969 would
be sold over a 5—year period, beginning with the fiscal
year 1969—1970, and that appropriation of the net actual
cash proceeds realized from the sale of these bonds could
be made annually by Laws of the General Assembly of
Maryland designating the State and local projects to
which these proceeds would be allocate; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1972 extended
the period during which the bonds evidencing the Outdoor
Recreation Land Loan of 1969 would be sold from a 5—year
period to a 10—year period beginning with the fiscal year
1969-1970; and
WHEREAS, The primary source of debt service for the
Outdoor Recreation Land Loan of 1969 is the State
Property Transfer Tax laid by Section 6 of the Act and
imposed pursuant to the provisions of Section 278A of
Article 81 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as set
forth in Section 10 of the Act, and the secondary source
of the debt service is the ad valorem property tax levied
by Section 7 of the Act, as amended; and
WHEREAS, Question has been raised as to whether,
considering the decisions of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland in Panitz v. Comptroller, 247 Md. 501 (1967),
and Balensen v. Maryland Airport Authority, 253 Md. 490
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