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LAWS OF MARYLAND

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regulations, as amended from time to time.

2.   Except as provided in paragraph (3) 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 BE IN AN amount UP 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 shall equal the total cost of the
project, less the amount of any Federal grant offer made
therefor.

3.    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 percent 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
compliance with water quality standards of the State, and
(b) that a timely and sufficient Federal grant is not
available for such project or part of a project.

SECTION 13. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
5(b) of Chapter 699 of the Acts of 1967, as amended by
Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1973, be and it is hereby
repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

5.

(b) Any county, municipality, or any agency which
is entitled to receive a State grant pursuant to the
provisions of Section [387(A)2] 387B(A)2 of Article 43 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland as amended from time to
time, may petition the State Department of Health for a
grant, within the following conditions and limitations:

1.   Except as provided in paragraph (2) 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 BE IN AN amount UP 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,

2.   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 percent of the eligible
cost of a project or part of a project, if the Board