HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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1.  Except as provided in paragraph (2) 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 [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 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
Federal grant has been applied [, except that when] OR UP TO 32.5
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS. WHEN the maximum
Federal grant offer for an innovative or alternative project as
defined by the Federal Environmental Protection Agency is greater
than [75] 55 percent, the State grant offer shall be
[three-quarters] UP TO 85 PERCENT of the eligible cost remaining
or [12 1/2 percent, whichever is the lesser] 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.

2.   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 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 5(b) of
Chapter 445 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1968, as
amended by Chapter 653 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1969, by Chapter 246 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1970,
by Chapter 242 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1972, by
Chapter 55 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1973, by
Chapter 286 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1974, 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it is hereby repealed and reenacted with amendments, to read as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 445 of the Acts of 1968

5.

(b) Of the actual cash proceeds from the sale of
Certificates of Indebtedness to be issued under this Act, the sum
of One Hundred Nineteen Million Dollars ($119,000,000), less a
proportionate share of the costs specified in Section 4 of this
Act, shall be used exclusively to provide State grants to assist
in the construction of sewage treatment plants and related
facilities in Maryland; however, the Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission's portion of the capital costs for improvements to and
enlargement of sanitary sewage facilities and systems operated by