MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
5(2) of Chapter 55 of the Acts of 197 3 be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

5.

(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, and subject to such conditions
as it may set, for the following needs, purposes and
projects, the amounts listed below being intended to
include Architects' and Engineers' fees where applicable:

(a) Not more than Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,00) of the proceeds of such loan may be
expended to provide State grants to assist in the
construction, extension, and improvement of existing
public sanitary sewer systems and where necessary, in the
judgment of the Board of Public Works, for the
construction of temporary sewage treatment plants and
related facilities to abate or prevent health hazards
arising out of the failure or inadequacy of individual
sewerage systems existing as of the effective date of
this Act, subject to the following conditions and
limitations:

(1)   The project must be for an approved
sewerage service area in the county water and sewerage
plan adopted by the County governing body and approved by
the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
pursuant to the provisions of Section 387C of Article 43
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from time
to time.

(2)    The sewerage system must meet all
requirements and regulations of the State and have the
final approval of the State Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene pursuant to Section 390 of Article 43 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from time to
time.

(3)   Either (A) the project is ineligible
for a Federal grant or (B) a timely and sufficient
Federal grant is not available for such project. Even
though a project may be ineligible for a Federal grant,
it must not be in violation of any applicable Federal
requirements.

(4)   The Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene shall prescribe rules and regulations for the
determination of the amount of the State grant for each
project qualifying under this Section.