HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(a)  Whenever any county County Board of Education or
the City of Baltimore desires to participate in the
financial assistance which is provided for under the terms
and conditions of this Act, the county County Board of
Education or City, as the case may be, shall certify a
statement to the Interagency Committee on School
Construction showing:

(1)  The number, class, type, and character of
all public school buildings or public school facilities
required by the county County Board of Education or the City
for which funds are currently unavailable;

(2)  The amount, type, and character of real
estate necessary in conjunction therewith;

(3)  The total estimated cost of the school
buildings, school facilities, and real estate;

(4)  The total issued and outstanding bonded
indebtedness of the county or City;

(5)  The total assessable taxable basis of the
county or City as determined on the last preceding date of
finality; and

(6)  Other information as may be required by the
Interagency Committee on School Construction.

(b)  Upon receipt of the certified statement as
specified in subsection (a) of this section, the Interagency
Committee on School Construction shall make a written
finding of fact which shall be addressed to the Board of
Public Works, the finding of fact to be in the form of a
recommendation to the Board of Public Works, advising the
Board which of the requests for financial assistance made by
any of the counties County Boards of Education or made by
the City of Baltimore, as aforesaid, should be allowed and
which requests for financial assistance should be denied.
In making the aforesaid finding of fact, the Interagency
Committee on School Construction shall, at the request of
the Board of Public Works, determine a priority of need for
school buildings as between any counties County Board of
Education in the State or as between any county County Board
of Education in the State and the City of Baltimore. No
grant of financial assistance as provided for in this Act
shall be allowed until the grant has been finally ratified
and approved by the Board of Public Works. The decision of
the Board of Public Works in this regard shall be in a form
as the Board shall consider advisable and proper and shall
be final and conclusive upon all parties concerned.

(c)  The amount of financial assistance granted to any
county County Board of Education or to the City of Baltimore