HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1879

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sold as part of a single issue of bonds under § 8-122 of the
State Finance and Procurement Article.

(3) The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be
paid to the Treasurer and first shall be applied to the payment

of the expenses of issuing, selling, and delivering the bonds,

unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then
shall be credited on the books of the Comptroller and expended,
on 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 detailed planning for a new an
addition to the Baltimore County Correctional Facility Detention
Center.

(4) An annual State tax is imposed 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. The principal shall be discharged within 15 years
after the date of issue of the bonds.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect on June July 1, 1986, contingent on the taking effect

of Chapter ___ of the Acts of ___ (H.B. 474/S.B. 273), and if

Chapter ___ does not become effective, this Act is null and void

without the necessity of further action by the General Assembly.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 504

(House Bill 868)

AN ACT concerning

Merit System - Leave Reserve Fund Use of Leave

he purpose of altering the terms of approval prior to the
use of a certain number of days of annual leave; specifying
the purposes for which a certain number of days of annual
leave may be used; prohibiting the use of certain days of
annual leave under certain circumstances; removing a
requirement that certain unused leave is forfeited; altering
the terms of approval prior to the use of personal leave;
creating a State Employee's Leave Reserve Fund; providing
for the contribution of certain leave to the fund; providing
for the Secretary of Personnel to administer and determine
the eligibility of certain employees to withdraw leave from
the fund under certain circumstances; providing for a
certain prohibition on transferring leave from the fund;
deleting certain obsolete language; altering the eligibility