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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 796

2.  That the final petition and such supporting
documents as may be required by the State Department of Health
are received by the State Department of Health no later than May
1 of each year, for all projects to be financed in the fiscal
year starting the following July 1.

3.  Except as provided 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 AFTER
OCTOBER 1, 1984 shall be in an amount [up 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 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 may equal the total cost of the project.

4.  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
water quality standards of the State, and (b) that a timely and
sufficient Federal grant is not available for such project.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 5(b)
of Chapter 699 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1967, as
amended by Chapter 55 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1973, and by Chapter 262 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1975, and by Chapter 658 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1980, be and it is hereby repealed and reenacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

Chapter 699 of the Acts of 1967

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: