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HARRY HUGHES, Governor 2233
(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 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; conversion of surplus public school buildings
or other public buildings or parts of buildings to Elderly
Citizen Activities Centers; in Howard County, design, planning,
construction, and equipping of new buildings tor use as Elderly
Citizen Activities Centers, contingent on certification to the
Board of Public Works by the local government and the Office 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
capital equipment to enable these centers to serve the needs of
elderly citizens.
(ii) Any federal grant that may be available
for this purpose shall be applied first to the cost of converting
and equipping an Elderly Citizen Activities Center.
(iii) A State grant may not exceed $200,000 or
50 percent of the total cost of eligible work remaining unpaid
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