2474
LAWS OF MARYLAND
Ch. 467
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
Education Center of Sheppard Pratt, Inc. for the purpose of the
planning, design, construction, and equipping of a national
center for mental health education and assistance programs.
(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
Education Center of Sheppard Pratt, Inc. shall provide at least
an equal and matching fund of $2,500,000 $2,000,000. 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, or in kind contributions. The fund may not consist of
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 Education Center of Sheppard
Pratt, Inc. has 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.
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