HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     3781

Section 5(b)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 262 of  the Acts of the General Assembly of 1975, as

amended by Chapter 658 of the Acts of the General

Assembly of 1980

Section 5(c)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 568 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1983
Section 1(3)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland Section(s) 5(b) of Chapter 72
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1962, as amended by
Chapter 286 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1974, be and
it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1962

5.

(b) The remainder of the proceeds of said loan shall be
credited on the books of the State Treasury Department, to be
expended as needed by the State, upon approval by the Board of
Public Works, to be used exclusively to provide State grants to
assist in the construction of necessary sewage treatment plants
and related facilities; and any county, municipality, or any
agency which is entitled to receive a State grant pursuant to the
provisions of Section 387B(a)2 of Article 43 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland as amended from time to time, may petition the
State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for a grant, within
the following conditions and limitations:

1.  That a State grant offer shall be made only for
the construction of projects that meet the specifications
required by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and all
applicable State legislation and regulations, as amended from
time to time.

2.  Except as provided in paragraph (3) below, a State
grant offer shall be made only for a project or part of a project
on which a Federal grant offer is made, and the State grant offer
shall BE IN AN amount [to one-half of the eligible cost remaining

after the maximum Federal grant has been applied.] THAT WHEN

COMBINED WITH THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL GRANT, THE COMBINED GRANTS
SHALL NOT EXCEED 87 1/2 PERCENT OF TOTAL ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS.
AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1984 shall BE IN AN amount UP to [one-half]
72.22 PERCENT of the eligible cost remaining after the maximum