HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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. WHEN THE FEDERAL GRANT IS UP TO 85 75
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. WHEN THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL
GRANT OFFER COVERS 85 PERCENT OR MORE MORE THAN 75 PERCENT
OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST FOR AN INNOVATIVE OR ALTERNATIVE
PROJECT AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY, THE STATE GRANT OFFER SHALL BE THREE-FOURTHS OF THE
REMAINING AMOUNT OR 12 1/2 PERCENT, WHICHEVER IS LEAST. 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 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
5(b) of Chapter 561 of the Acts of 1966, as amended by
Chapter 689 of the Acts of 1967, as amended by Chapter 55 of
the Acts of 1973, and as amended by Chapter 262 of the Acts
of 1975, be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as
follows:

Chapter 561 of the Acts of 1966

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.  That a preliminary application, in such form
as the State Department of Health shall specify, must be
received by the State Department of Health for each project
no later than January 1 of each year, for projects to be
financed during the fiscal year starting the following July
1.

2.  That the final petition and such supporting
documents as may be required by the State Department of
Health are received by the State Department of Health no