Ch. 448

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Benedictine School for Exceptional Children, Inc. shall provide a
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 Benedictine School for
Exceptional Children, Inc. has until June 1, 1989, 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, 1989, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the
purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

(6) No portion of the proceeds of the loan or any of the
matching funds may be used for the furtherance of sectarian
religious instruction, or in connection with the design,
acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used
as a place of sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in
connection with any program or department of divinity for any
religious denomination. Upon the request of the Board of Public
Works, The Benedictine School for Exceptional Children, Inc,
shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the
proceeds of this loan or any matching funds have been or are
being used for a purpose prohibited by this Act.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 448

(House Bill 288)

AN ACT concerning

Queen Anne's County - Public Facilities Bonds

FOR the purpose of authorizing and empowering the Board of County
Commissioners of Queen Anne's County from time to time, to
borrow not more than $2,000,000 in order to finance the cost
of certain public facilities in Queen Anne's County and to
effect that borrowing by the issuance and sale at public or

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