3312                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      Ch. 717

Article - Education
5-302.

(d) (1) The Interagency Committee on School Construction
shall prepare projections of school construction and capital
improvement needs for submission to the Capital Debt
Affordability Committee under § [26(b)(4) of Article 31]
8-112(C)(3) OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. The
projections shall be prepared in accordance with the rules,
regulations, and procedures adopted by the Board under § 5-301 of
this subtitle.

(2) The Board of Public Works or the Interagency
Committee on School Construction shall notify each county board
and each local governing body of the annual allocation of school
construction funds recommended to the Board of Public Works by
the Governor under the consolidated capital debt program of
[Article 31] THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. The
notification shall be made immediately after the Governor has
recommended the allocations so that each county may structure its
respective school construction and capital improvement priorities
in accordance with the annual allocation and any amendments.

5-307.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of [Article 78A, § 15 of
the Code] TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 3 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND
PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, this State may not require reimbursement of
debt service from a county for a school that:

(1)  Was initially constructed on or before February
1, 1971;

(2)  Is no longer used for school purposes;

(3)  Has had title transferred to a county government;

and

(4)  Is being used for local governmental purposes
other than public education; provided, however, that if a former
school building is sold by a county government the State shall be
reimbursed for outstanding debt service, and if more than 10
percent of usable space within a former school is rented for an
amount exceeding the cost of operating and maintaining such
space, such rental profit shall be used toward retiring
outstanding bonded indebtedness.

12-108.

(a) In cooperation with the Department of State Planning,
and without affecting the authority or responsibility of that
Department under [Article 88C of the Code] THE STATE FINANCE AND
PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, the State Board for Higher Education shall: