WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 666

(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: for State grants to qualified applicants for the
construction, acquisition, renovation, and equipping of community
mental health facilities, addiction facilities, and developmental
disabilities facilities, including the reports, plans,
specifications, site improvements, surveys, and programs in
connection therewith.

(4)  (a) For purposes of this Act, the following terms have
the meanings indicated.

(b)  "Department" means the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

(c)  "Facility" means:

(i) A public community mental health facility,
addiction facility, or developmental disabilities facility that
is wholly owned by and operated under the authority of a county
or a municipal corporation, or both; or

(ii) A nonprofit community mental health
facility, addiction facility, or developmental disabilities
facility that is wholly owned by and operated under the authority
of a nonprofit organization.

(d)  "Nonprofit organization" means:

(i) A bona fide religious organization, no part
of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of any individual
or is used for any purpose other than the maintenance and
operation of the facility, the purchase of equipment to be used
in the facility, or the expansion of the facility; or

(ii) An organization:

1.  That is chartered as a nonprofit
corporation and classified by the Internal Revenue Service as
nonprofit; and

2.  No part of the earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any individual or is used for any

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