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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 656

the State, and the Treasurer shall make [[then]] them
available to the facility when needed for the
construction and equipping of the project. The Board of
Public Works is authorized, in its discretion, to adopt
and promulgate rules and regulations for receiving such
applications from public and other [[nonprofit]]
non-profit facilities in this State and for the
consideration of applications and disbursing of the funds
to the applying public and other [[nonprofit]] non-profit
facilities, within the spirit and intent of this Act.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That 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 until
all of the interest on and principal of any bonds issued
under this Act shall have been paid in full, there is
hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax on each
$100 of assessable property at the rate to be determined
in the following manner: On or before May 1, 1976, and on
or before May 1 in each taxable year thereafter, the
Board of Public Works shall certify to the governing
bodies of each of the counties and Baltimore City the
rate of State tax on each $100 of assessable property
necessary to produce revenue to meet interest and
principal which will be payable to the close of the next
ensuing taxable year on all bonds theretofore issued or
authorized by resolution of the Board of Public Works to
be issued, and the governing bodies of each of the
counties and of Baltimore City shall forthwith levy and
collect such tax at such rate.

Provided, however, that the levy or levies required
by this section shall not be made and the tax or taxes
shall not be collected in any year to the extent that, on
or before May 1, 1976, and on or before May 1 in each
taxable year thereafter the Board of Public Works
determines upon a certified statement rendered to the
Board by the State Comptroller that payment of principal
and interest on the bonds issued pursuant to this Act
will be met during the ensuing taxable year from funds
appropriated by the General Assembly, as provided in
Section 6 of this Act. Upon, and to the extent of, such
determination by the Board of Public Works, the Governor
shall, by proclamation issued pursuant to a resolution of
the Board of Public Works, declare that the taxes