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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 542

(1)  The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur
indebtedness on behalf of the State of Maryland through a State
loan to be known as the Community Mental Health Center
Components, Addiction Facilities, Mental Retardation Facilities,
and Developmental Disabilities Facilities Loan of 1985 in the
aggregate principal amount of $2,000,000 $1,700,000 $1,900,000.
This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance and sale of State
general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board
of Public Works and issued, sold, and delivered in accordance
with §§ 19 to 23 of Article 31 of the Code.

(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: for State grants to
qualified applicants for the construction, acquisition,
renovation, and equipping of community mental health center
components, addiction facilities, mental retardation facilities,
and developmental disabilities facilities, including the reports,
plans, specifications, site improvements, surveys, and programs
in connection therewith.

(4) (a) For purposes of this Act, the following terms have
the meanings indicated.

(b)  "Department" means the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

(c)  "Facility" means:

(i) A public community mental health center
component, addiction facility, mental retardation facility, or
developmental disabilities facility that is wholly owned by and
operated under the authority of a county or a municipal
corporation, or both; or

(ii) A nonprofit community mental health center
component, addiction facility, mental retardation facility, or
developmental disabilities facility that is wholly owned by and
operated under the authority of a nonprofit organization.

(d)  "Nonprofit organization" means:

(i) A bona fide religious organization, no part
of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of any individual
or is used for any purpose other than the maintenance and