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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 purpose, including any applicable architects' and
engineers' fees: as a grant to to be used by the University of
Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies and to
the Department of Natural Resources, in consultation with the
Department of Natural Resources and the Department of the
Environment for the planning, development and acquisition of a
research site and upper siting, design, and construction of the
Northern Chesapeake Bay fisheries management research plans
Research and Monitoring Facility in Harford County.

(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 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 617

(Senate Bill 770)

AN ACT concerning

Burglar Holdup Burglary and Robbery False Alarm

FOR the purpose of establishing penalties for activating by
certain means a false alarm in a nonemergency situation;
establishing fines for reoccurring false alarms;
establishing guidelines for the enforcement of this Act;
defining certain terms; and generally relating to the
penalties for reoccurring false burglar and holdup burglary
and robbery alarms.

BY adding to

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

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