WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 448

(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: to provide a fund to the Department of Natural
Resources, so that it may make grants under § 8-9A-03(h) of the
Natural Resources Article of the Code.

(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 June 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 448

(House Bill 645)

AN ACT concerning

Death Benefit - Payment - Surviving Dependent Parents

FOR the purpose of requiring that a certain death benefit be paid
to any surviving dependent parents of certain law
enforcement officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs,
correctional officers, or volunteer or professional
firefighters or rescue squad members die without a
designated beneficiary, surviving spouse, or surviving
children.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor - Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 4-1002
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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