HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Article 31 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1976 Replacement
Volume and 1982 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: as a grant to assist
in the construction or purchase and equipment of the Prince
George's County Detention Center Complex and to ACQUIRE OR
CONSTRUCT A STRUCTURE, OR TO renovate and rehabilitate an
existing structure for use as a driver residential correction
center.

(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 construction or purchase and equipment of the
Prince George's County Detention Center Complex, the County
Council of Prince George's County shall provide a matching fund
of $9,350,000. No part of an applicant's matching fund may be
provided, either directly or indirectly, from funds of the State,
whether appropriated or unappropriated. No part of the fund may
consist of real property, 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 Council of Prince George's
County has until June 1, 1985 to present evidence satisfactory to
the Board of Public Works that the matching fund will be
provided. If satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall
certify this fact to the State Treasurer and the proceeds of the
loan shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. If
this evidence is not presented by June 1, 1985 the proceeds of
the loan shall be applied to the purposes authorized in Article
78A, § 3 of the Code.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1983.