HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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under the same legal provisions
as are applicable to General
Construction Loan Funds for like
purposes;. $32,655,000 of the

General Fund Appropriation is

contingent upon enactment and

implementation of legislation

increasing the State tax on

tobacco. The General Fund

Appropriation shall be reduced by

the difference between

$32,655,000 and the estimate as
certified to the Governor by the
Board of Revenue Estimates of the
increase in revenues arising from
an increase in the State tax on

tobacco. Projects to be

eliminated as a result of any
reduction to the appropriation
shall be at the discretion of the
Board of Public Works.
General Fund Appropriation.........

Federal Fund Appropriation.........

The appropriation for the following

projects contingent upon the

enactment and implementation of

legislation increasing the State
tax on tobacco:

Board of Public Works General:

Provide contingency funds in the event

that bids for capital projects

exceed the estimates for approved
projects. In no instance shall any
one project receive in excess of 7
percent of the total construction

cost of the project. Before any

appropriations are made from this

contingency fund, every attempt

must be made to effect project
scope reductions as a means of
accommodating the project within
the original appropriation...............1,000,000

Department of Natural Resources:

Maryland Environmental Service:

Construct wastewater treatment

plant at Montrose School

(Baltimore County)......................1,615,000

33,080,000
425,000
60,000	33,140,000
	485,000