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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 630

Replacement Volume and 1980 Supplement, as amended from time
to time).

(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 qualified applicants for the construction,
acquisition, renovation, or and equipment of community
mental health center components, addiction facilities,
mental retardation facilities, and developmental
disabilities facilities.

(4) (a) For the purposes of this Act, "facility"
means a community mental health center component, addiction
facility, mental retardation facility, or developmental
disabilities facility wholly owned by and operated under the
authority of a county or municipality or both, or a
nonprofit community mental health center component,
addiction facility, mental retardation facility, or
developmental disabilities facility wholly owned by and
operated under the authority of a nonprofit organization as
defined below, provided that the sponsor of such a facility
meets the following qualifications:

(i) It is a bona fide religious
organization, no part of the earnings of which inures to the
benefit of any individual or is used for any purpose other
than the maintenance and operation of the facility or the
purchase of equipment to be used in the facility or the
expansion of the facility; or

(ii) It is an organization chartered as a
nonprofit corporation, no part of the earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any individual or is used for any
purpose other than the maintenance and operation of the
facility or the purchase of equipment to be used in the
facility or the expansion of the facility, and is classified
by the Federal Internal Revenue Service as nonprofit.

(b) Prior to the authorization of any grant
under this Act for any facility, the applicant shall file
with the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene:

(i) A financial statement setting forth
the personnel employed or to be employed, all remuneration
and perquisites for personal services and other expenses
paid or to be paid, and the expenses incurred or to be
incurred in operating the facility; and