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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 607

Comptroller and expended, upon approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including
any applicable architects' and engineers' fees: to assist in
financing the cost of construction and equipping of a
Worcester County jail facility.

(4) 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.

(5) Prior to the payment of any funds under the
provisions of this Act for the purposes set forth in Section
1.(3) above, the County Commissioners of Worcester County
shall provide at least an equal and matching [ amount] fund
of [$2,250,000] $2,750,000 for this project. No part of the
applicant's matching fund may be provided from State funds
either directly or indirectly. No part of the fund may
consist of real property, or in-kind contributions, or funds
expended prior to the effective date of this Act. In case
of any dispute as to what money or assets may qualify as
matching funds, the Board of Public Works shall determine
the matter, and the Board's decision is final. The County
Commissioners of Worcester County shall have until June 1,
[1981] 1983 to present evidence satisfactory to the Board of
Public Works that [ this amount] the matching fund will be
provided. [Upon receiving from the Board of Public Works on
or before June 1, [1981] 1983, a certification of suitable
evidence,] If satisfactory evidence is presented, the
proceeds of the loan shall be expended [as a State grant in
accordance with the provisions of] for the purposes provided
in this Act. If [ satisfactory evidence of the raising of
at least an equal and matching amount for this project] this
evidence is not presented [to the Board of Public Works on
or before] by June 1, [1981] 1983, the proceeds of the loan
shall be transferred to the Annuity Bond Fund and applied to
the debt service requirements of the State.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 608
(House Bill 340)
AN ACT concerning

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