HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(2) The bonds issued to evidence this loan or
installments thereof may be sold as a single issue, or may
be consolidated and sold as part of a single issue of bonds
under § 2B of Article 31 of the Code.
(3) The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds
shall be paid to the Treasurer and shall be first applied to
the. payment of the expenses of issuing and delivering the
bonds unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided
and thereafter shall be credited on the books of the State
Comptroller and expended, upon approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including
any applicable architects' and engineers' fees: for State
grants to local governmental agencies for (1) the conversion
of surplus public school buildings and other public
buildings to Elderly Citizen Activities Centers, (2) in
Howard County, the design, planning, and construction of new
buildings for use as elderly citizen activities centers, and
(3) equipping the converted centers and new buildings to
serve the needs of elderly citizens.
(a) The Director of the Office on Aging is
hereby authorized and directed to develop rules and
regulations to carry out the intent of this Act, and to
promulgate them after they have been approved by the Board
of Public Works.
(b) Any local governmental agency may apply to
the Office on Aging for a State grant to be applied toward
the cost of converting a surplus school building or other
public building or a part thereof to an Elderly Citizen
Activities Center, and in Howard County, toward the cost of
designing, planning, constructing, and equipping of a new
building for use as an elderly citizen activities center.
The allocation and use of State funds under this Act shall
be governed by and subject to the following stipulations and
limitations:
(i) State funds may be used only for the
following eligible work: preparation of plans and
specifications, site improvements, the conversion of surplus
public school buildings or other public buildings or parts
of the building to Elderly Citizen Activities Centers and,
in Howard County, for the design, planning, construction,
and equipping of new buildings for use as Elderly Citizen
Activities Centers, contingent on certification to the Board
of Public Works by the Local Government and the Office [of]
ON Aging that no surplus school or other public building
appropriate for use as an Elderly Citizen Activities Center
exists in the area where it is desired to locate a center,
and providing for capital equipment for these centers to
serve the needs of elderly citizens. State grants may not
exceed 50 percent of the total cost of eligible work, and no
State grant may exceed $200,000. At the discretion of the
Board of Public Works, a grant may cover more than 50
percent of the cost of eligible work, provided that:
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