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Ch. 568
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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facilities that are located outside the State but are required to
serve the State, one or more of its political subdivisions, or
one or more agencies of the State or of one of its political
subdivisions is eligible for a State grant hereunder, if there is
a written user's agreement between the agency undertaking the
project and the State, or between the agency undertaking the
project and the Maryland political subdivision, subdivisions or
agencies receiving sewerage service. All grants hereunder are
subject to the following conditions and limitations:
(a) A State grant shall be made only for a project
that meets the specifications required by the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act and all applicable State legislation and
regulations, as amended from time to time.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) below, a
State grant shall be made only for a project or part of a project
for which a federal grant is made, and the State grant shall
amount to up to one-half of the eligible cost remaining after the
maximum federal grant has been applied. In the case of a project
to be operated by a State-owned institution or facility, the
State grant shall equal the total cost of the project less the
amount of any federal grant.
(c) The Board of Public Works is authorized, in its
discretion and on recommendation of the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene, to approve a State grant not to exceed 87 1/2
percent of the eligible cost of a project or part of a project,
if the Board finds: (i) that the immediate initiation or
continuation of the project is critical to the public health or
to compliance with water quality standards of the State, and (ii)
that a timely and sufficient federal grant is not available for
the project or part of a project. In approving any grant under
this paragraph (c), the Board of Public Works shall make all
reasonable efforts not to jeopardize any federal grant for the
remaining part of the project.
(d) The Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene shall
report on or before January 1 of each year to the Governor and
the General Assembly on the status of bond funds for the
construction of sewerage facilities under this and previous bond
authorization acts. The Secretary's report shall indicate the
total amounts of funds expended, funds committed, and funds
remaining and shall include a list of projects for which funds
have been expended or are committed. It shall also contain the
Secretary's projection of projects to be constructed in the near
future for which grants will be made.
(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.
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