HARRY HUGHES, Governor

3783

SHALL NOT EXCEED 87 1/2 PERCENT OF TOTAL ELIGIBLE PROJECTS 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
Federal grant has been applied OR UP TO 32.5 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. When the maximum federal grant offer
covers more than 75 55 percent of the total project cost for an
innovative or alternative project as defined by the Federal
Environmental Protection Agency, the State grant offer shall be
three fourths UP TO 85 PERCENT of the remaining amount or 12 1/2
percent, whichever is least UP TO 21.25 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. In the case of a project to be operated
by a State owned institution or facility, the State grant offer
shall equal the total cost of the project less the amount of any
Federal grant offer made therefor.

3. The Board of Public Works is authorized, in its
discretion and upon 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 (A) that the immediate initiation or
continuation of such project is critical to the public health or
compliance with water quality standards of the State, and (B)
that a timely and sufficient Federal grant is not available for
such project or part of a project. In approving such grants, the
Board of Public Works shall make all reasonable efforts not to
jeopardize Federal grants for the remaining part of such
projects.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 5(b)
of Chapter 561 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1966, as
amended by Chapter 689 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1967, by Chapter 55 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1973,
by Chapter 262 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1975, and
by Chapter 395 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1979, be
and it is hereby repealed and reenacted with amendments, to read
as follows:

Chapter 561 of the Acts of 1966

5.

(b) 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 for a grant, within the following conditions and
limitations:

1. That a preliminary application, in such form as
the State Department of Health shall specify, must be received by
the State Department of health for each project no later than
January 1 of each year, for projects to be financed during the
fiscal year starting the following July 1.