HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    2069

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costs of the expansion, relocation, and rearrangement of the
admitting/tubbing room and patient care and ancillary services
areas in the Burn 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.

(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
Baltimore Regional Burn Center shall provide at least an equal
and matching fund of $250,000. 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
Baltimore Regional Burn Center has until June 1, 1988, 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, 1988, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the
purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

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

take effect June 1, 1986.

Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 585

(House Bill 1633)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Allegany County

School Rehabilitation

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in

the amount of $800,000 $500,000, the proceeds to be used as
a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Allegany
County for the purpose of the planning, design, renovation,
reconstruction, rehabilitation, repair, improvement,
furnishing, and equipping of the Oldtown School in Allegany