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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 262

cost of a project or part of a project, if the Board
finds (a) that the immediate initiation or continuation
of the project is critical to the public health or to
compliance with water quality standards of the State, and
(b) that a timely and sufficient Federal grant is not
available for the project or part of a project. In
approving such grants, the Board of Public Works shall
make all reasonable efforts not to jeopardize Federal
grants for the remaining part of the projects.

(4) The Secretary of the Department of Health
and dental Hygiene shall report on or before January 1 of
each year to the Governor and the General Assembly on the
status of Bond Funds for the construction of sewerage
facilities under this and previous Bond Authorization
Acts. His report shall indicate funds expended, funds
committed, and funds remaining; and a list of projects
for which funds have been expended and are committed. It
shall also contain his projection of projects to be
constructed for the following two years for which grants
are anticipated.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all
unexpended funds remaining from the completed projects
authorized under this Act shall be transferred to the
Annuity Bond Fund and shall be applied to the debt
service requirements of the State, said transfer to be
made one year after the date of the final acceptance of
the projects, said date of final acceptance to be
certified in writing to the Board of Public Works by the
Department of General Services. 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.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any
furniture, fixtures and/or equipment authorized to be
paid for from the sales of the bonds authorized by this
Act shall be, where possible, manufactured or produced by
the State Use Industries operated by the Division of
Correction of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services, in accordance with the provisions
of Section 681 of Article 27, Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume).

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That until
all of the interest on and principal of any bonds issued