BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

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principal to be discharged within fifteen years of the date
of issue of the bonds.

(5)    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. The transfer shall be
made one year after the date of the final acceptance of the
projects by the State, said date of final acceptance to be
certified in writing to the Board of Public Works by the
Department of General Services.

(6)    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 (1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement).

(7)    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, no
department, board, commission, agency, or institution
specified or named in this Act shall begin any work with
funds secured pursuant to the provisions of this Act unless
satisfactory assurances are made to the Board of Public
Works that the work described in the individual items in
this Act can be completed with the funds specified for each
such item respectively.

(8)    Where federal funds may be available to help
accomplish any specific project in this Act, the using
department or agency shall seek the allocation of such
federal funds to apply to the cost of the particular
project. In seeking approval of the Board of Public Works
for award of a contract under a specific appropriation under
this Act, the using department or agency shall formally
advise the Board of Public Works that efforts have been made
through proper administrative procedures to obtain such
federal funds, and the reason, if any, why the federal funds
were not obtained. Federal funds, if they are allocated,
shall be used to defray the cost of the approved project,
not expand its scope, except in the case of land acquisition
projects of the Department of Natural Resources, for State
parks and recreation areas. These latter projects may be
expanded in scope beyond that proposed in the specific
appropriation in this Act, if the addition of federal funds
makes this possible; tut no project may be expanded beyond
the total park acreage or area indicated on the master plan
for State parks and recreation areas adopted by the
Department of Natural Resources.

(9)    Any project listed in Section 1 (3) of this Act
which has not been contracted for within two years from the
effective date of this Act shall be deemed to have been
abandoned. To the extent that the loan authorized by this
Act has been issued within the two year period, the amount
specified herein for any such abandoned project shall be