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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.]]
(2) The remainder of the proceeds of such loan
shall be credited on the books of the State Comptroller,
to be expended as needed by the State, upon approval by
the Board of Public Works, for the construction,
acquisition, and/or renovation and equipping of Community
Mental Health Center Components and Mental Retardation
Facilities in this State.
(a) For the purposes of this Act, "facility" means
a Community Mental Health Center Component or Mental
Retardation Facility wholly owned by a county and/or
municipality and operated under such authority, or a
nonprofit Community Mental Health Center Component or
Mental Retardation Facility wholly owned by a nonprofit
organization as defined below and operated under its
authority, provided that the sponsor of such a facility
meets the following qualifications;
(1) It is a bona fide religious organization, no
part of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of
any individual or is used for any purpose other than the
maintenance and operation of the facility or the purchase
of equipment to be used in the facility or the expansion
of the facility; or
(2) It is an organization chartered as a nonprofit
corporation, no part of the earnings of which inures to
the benefit of any individual or is used for any purpose
other than the maintenance and operation of the facility
or the purchase of equipment to be used in the facility
or the expansion of the facility, and is classified by
the Federal Internal Revenue Service as nonprofit.
(b) Prior to the authorization of any construction
grant under this Act for any facility, the applicant
shall file with the State Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene:
(1) A financial statement setting forth the
personnel employed or to be employed, all remunerations
and perquisites for personal services and other expenses
paid or to be paid and the expenses incurred or to be
incurred in carrying out the operation of the facility;
and
(2) The schedule of rates charged or to be charged
for services rendered.
(c) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene is
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