Ch. 481                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

County Executive and County Council of Harford County shall
provide at least an equal and matching fund of $100,000. No part
of an applicant's matching fund may be provided, either directly
or indirectly, from funds of the State, whether appropriated or
unappropriated. 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
County Executive and County Council of Harford County have until
June 1, [1988] 1990, 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] 1990, 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, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 481

(House Bill 974)

AN ACT concerning

Washington Suburban Sanitary District - Bond Issue - Water

PG/MC 8-88

FOR the purpose of authorizing the issuance of bonds for the
Washington Suburban Sanitary District in an amount not

exceeding $----- $39,000,000 for enlarging, increasing, and

augmenting the water supply and major distribution
facilities of the Sanitary District; providing that the
bonds shall be guaranteed as to payment of principal and
interest by the County Council of Montgomery County and the
County Council of Prince George's County, or the governing
body for each county, respectively, as may be provided by
law or instrument of Charter, with a provision for waiver of
the guarantee at the option of the Commission; providing for
the payment of the bonds and the interest on the bonds by
levy of taxes against assessable property within the
Sanitary District; providing for the collection of water
service charges; and providing for the ratification and
confirmation of any guarantee made by the County Council of

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