WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 98

(5)  Except as otherwise provided in this Act, before a
State agency or institution named in this Act as responsible for
an individual item may begin work with funds secured under this
Act, the agency or institution shall provide satisfactory
assurance to the Board of Public Works that the work described in
the individual item can be completed with the funds specified for
that item.

(6)  If federal funds are available to help accomplish any
project identified in this Act, the State agency or institution
responsible for the project shall make efforts through proper
administrative procedures to obtain these federal funds. Before
spending any funds secured under this Act, the agency or
institution shall certify its efforts to the Board of Public
Works and state the reason for any failure to obtain federal
funds. If federal funds are obtained, they shall be used to
defray the costs of the project described in this Act, not to
expand its scope.

(7)  For any project listed in Section 1(3) of this Act for
which preliminary planning funds are appropriated and for which
the program required by § 5-309(d) of the State Finance and
Procurement Article has not been prepared, the State agency or
institution responsible for the project shall submit a program to
the Department of State Planning for approval before the planning
funds may be spent. For any project listed in Section 1(3) of
this Act for which funds for construction are appropriated and
for which the preliminary plans and outline specifications
required by § 5-309(f) (2) (i ) of the State Finance and Procurement
Article have not been prepared, the State agency or institution
responsible for the project shall submit the plans and outline
specifications to the Department of State Planning for approval
before the construction funds may be spent.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Chapter 693 of the Acts of 1980, as amended by
Chapter 542 of the Acts of 1988

Section 1(3)(A)(1)

(h) Modify architectural barriers in State owned
facilities to provide program accessibility

for the handicapped (statewide).................. [167,000]

167,700

Chapter 670 of the Acts of 1983

Section 1(3)(F)(1)

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