2074                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 266

Public Works and issued, sold and delivered in accordance with
the provisions of §§ 19 to 23 of Article 31 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1983 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement, as
amended from time to time).

(2)  The bonds issued to evidence this loan or installments
thereof may be sold as a single issue, or may be consolidated and
sold as part of a single issue of bonds under § 2B of Article 31
of the Code.

(3)  The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall
be paid to the Treasurer and shall be first applied to the
payment of the expenses of issuing and delivering the bonds
unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided and
thereafter shall be credited on the books of the State
Comptroller and expended, upon approval by the Board of Public
Works, for the following public purposes, including any
applicable architects' and engineers' fees: as a grant to the
County Executive and County Council of Baltimore County for the
purpose of land acquisition in the Dundee-Saltpeter Creeks
Natural Environmental Area.

(4)  There is hereby levied and imposed an annual State tax
on all assessable property in the State in rate and amount
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as
and when due and until paid in full, such principal to be
discharged within fifteen years of the date of issue of the
bonds.

(5) Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions
of this Act for the purposes set forth in Section 1(3) above, the
County Executive and County Council of Baltimore County shall
provide at least an equal and matching fund of $2,000,000
$500,000. No part of an applicant's matching fund may be
provided, either directly or indirectly, from funds of the State,
whether appropriated or unappropriated. No part of the fund may
consist of real property, in kind contributions, or funds
expended prior to the effective date of this Act. In case of any
dispute as to what money or assets may qualify as matching funds,
the Board of Public Works shall determine the matter, and the
Board's decision is final. The County Executive and County
Council of Baltimore County have until June 1, 1987, 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, 1987, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the
purposes authorized in Article 78A, § 3 of the Code.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1985.

Approved May 21, 1985.