HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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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 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; but 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
transferred to the Annuity Bond Fund and shall be applied to
the debt service requirements of the State. To the extent
the loan authorised herein has not been issued within the
two—year period, the total bonds authorized by this Act, but
not yet issued, shall be reduced by the amount specified
herein for any such abandoned project.

(10)   Except as otherwise indicated herein, moneys
derived from the sale of bonds authorized by this Act shall
be used only for capital improvements and for no other
purpose. In determining whether an expenditure represents
a capital improvement, the Board of Public Works shall be
guided by the principle that a capital improvement is an
improvement, the useful life of which shall be at least
equal to the life of the bonds by which it is financed.

(11)   For any project listed in Section 1(3) of this
Act for which preliminary planning funds are appropriated
and for which the program required by Section 10(b) of
Article 88C of the Annotated Code (1969 Replacement Volume
and 1978 Supplement) has not been prepared, the appropriate
State agency shall submit a program to the Department of
State Planning for approval before the planning funds may be
expended. For any project listed in Section 1(3) of this
Act for which funds for construction are appropriated and
for which the preliminary plans and outline specifications
required by Section 10 of Article 15A of the Annotated Code