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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 658

used as needed by the State, upon approval by the Board of
Public Works, exclusively to provide State grants to assist
in the construction and equipping of sewage treatment plants
and related facilities, and in the extension and
improvements of existing public sanitary sewer systems.
However, the portion of capital costs for construction of
improvements to and enlargement of sanitary sewage
facilities outside the State of Maryland required to serve
the State of Maryland, its political subdivisions or
agencies thereof shall be deemed eligible for State grants
and loans hereunder, provided there is a written agreement
between the agency constructing the sewerage facilities and
the agency receiving sewerage service. All grants and loans
authorized or made hereunder shall be subject to the
following conditions and limitations:

(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 amount to up to one-half of the
eligible cost remaining after the maximum Federal grant has
been applied, EXCEPT THAT WHEN THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL GRANT
OFFER FOR AN INNOVATIVE OR ALTERNATIVE PROJECT AS DEFINED BY
THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IS GREATER THAN
75 PERCENT THE STATE GRANT OFFER SHALL BE THREE-QUARTERS OF
THE ELIGIBLE COST REMAINING OR 12 1/2 PERCENT, WHICHEVER IS
THE LESSER. 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.

Chapter 55 of the Acts of 1973

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(2) The remainder of the proceeds of such loan shall
be credited on the books of the State Comptroller, to be
expended as needed by the State, upon approval by the Board
of Public Works, and subject to such conditions as it may
set, for the following needs, purposes and projects, the
amounts listed below being intended to include Architects1
and Engineers' fees where applicable:

(b) The balance of the proceeds shall be used
exclusively to provide State grants to assist in the
construction of sewage treatment plants and related
facilities in Maryland, and to finance studies relating to
water quality problems in Maryland approved or conducted by
the Department of Natural Resources: provided however, that
the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission's portion of the
capital costs for improvements to an enlargement of sanitary
sewage facilities and systems operated by the District of
Columbia pursuant to agreements between the Commission, the
District of Columbia, and the United States Government shall
be deemed a project eligible for a State grant hereunder.
All grants authorized or made hereunder other than for water
quality studies shall be subject to the following conditions
and limitations: