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determine the matter, and the Board's decision is final. Lyric
Foundation, Inc. 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. Furthermore, the
Lyric Foundation, Inc., shall grant and convey a perpetual
preservation easement on the exterior and interior of the
structures, where appropriate, and on the land to the Maryland
Historical Trust, in form and substance acceptable to the Trust.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, the same shall take effect from the date of its
passage.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 147

(Senate Bill 998)

AN ACT concerning

Real Estate Commission - Continuing Education

FOR the purpose of clarifying that a person licensed by the Real
Estate Commission during a certain time period shall be
considered by the Commission to meet continuing education
requirements by completing the required clock hours of
approved continuing education during a certain time period;
and providing for an emergency effective date for this Act.

Preamble

Because Chapter 327 of the Acts of 1983 revised the
continuing education requirements for real estate brokers and
salesmen in such a way that it is no longer clear that the
completion of continuing education clock hours prior to the
effective date of that Act meets the continuing education
requirements of Article 56, § 217 of the Code; now, therefore,