Ch. 580

LAWS OF MARYLAND

accordance with §§ 8-117 through 8-124 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article and Article 31, § 22 of the Code.

(2)  The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this
loan may be sold as a single issue, or may be consolidated and
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: to provide State grants and loans to assist in
the conduct of engineering and financial analyses for, and in the
design, construction, enlargement, rehabilitation, improvement,
and equipping of solid waste recycling facilities or systems.

(4)  As used in this Act, the following terms have the
meaning indicated:

(a)  "Facilities or systems" means projects or
properties used or useful in one or more of the following: the
collection, disposal, processing, reclamation, recycling,
reduction, reprocessing, and separation of solid wastes.

(b)  "Municipality" has the meaning stated in Natural
Resources Article § 3-101(g) of the Code, as amended.

(c)  "Solid wastes" has the meaning stated in Natural
Resources Article, § 3-101(n) of the Code, as amended.

(d) (1) "Recycling" means the process by which those
materials that would otherwise become solid waste are collected,
separated, or processed and are returned to and used in the
marketplace in the form of new materials or products.

(2) "Recycling" does not include the process of
incineration.

(5)  The expenditure of funds under this Act is subject to
the following conditions and limitations:

(a) Not more than $500,000 $100,000 may be used to
provide State grants to assist in the conduct of engineering and
financial analyses for, and in the preliminary design of
facilities or systems.

(i) Eligible costs under this subsection (5)(a)
include expenses incurred for financial, engineering, and legal
analyses necessary or incidental to determining the practicality

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