2072

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 752

5.

The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds to
be issued under this Act shall be paid to the Treasurer
of the State upon the warrant of the Comptroller and such
proceeds shall be used exclusively for the following
purposes, to wit:

(b) Not more than [Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000)] TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000) 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 [contruction] CONSTRUCTION of
temporary sewage treatment plants and related facilities
to abate or prevent health hazards arising out of the
failure or inadequacy of existing individual sewerage
systems 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; and

(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 394 of Article 43 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from time to
time; and

(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; and

(4)    Not more than 25 percent of the total
fund shall be granted for projects in any one political
subdivision; and

(5)    To be eligible for a grant under this
subsection each county shall submit an annual inventory,
as part of the county water and sewerage plan pursuant to
Section 387C of Article 43 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland, of specific locations where failing or
inadequate individual sewerage systems occur, and
proposed solutions.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act