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good cause for releasing the transferor, transferee, or
owner from this obligation.

(e)   The application in the first instance shall
be directed to the Secretary of Health and Rental Hygiene.
Upon the approval of the project and project plans by the
Secretary of Health and Rental Hygiene, he shall promptly
report the application to the Board of Public Works,
together with his report that the project has been approved
by him and that the Board of Public Works should make
available the necessary funds as provided hereunder.

(f)   The Board of Public Works shall make
allocations from moneys available under this Act in
accordance with the provisions, stipulations and limitations
hereof. The Board of Public Works shall certify the
allocation of State funds to the Treasurer of the State, and
the Treasurer shall make them available to the facility when
needed for the construction, acquisition, renovation, and
and/or 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 for
public and other nonprofit facilities in this State and for
the consideration of applications and disbursing of the
funds to the applying public and other nonprofit facilities,
within the spirit and intent of this Act.

(5) There is hereby levied and imposed an annual State
tax on all assessable property in the State in rate and
amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on
the bonds as and when due and until paid in full, such
principal to be discharged within fifteen years of the date
of issue of the bonds.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1979.

Approved May 29, 1979.

CHAPTER 574

(House Bill 689)

AN ACT concerning

Property Assessment — Assessor Manuals

FOR the purpose of requiring the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation to supply all public libraries
with copies of the most current Assessors'
Administrative Procedures Manual.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,