Ch. 123                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

loan to be known as the Solid Waste Facilities Loan of 1989 in
the total principal amount of $4,000,000. This loan shall be
evidenced by the issuance, sale, and delivery of State general
obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of
Public Works and issued, sold, and delivered in 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 to assist in the
conduct of engineering and financial and legal analyses for, and
in the design of solid waste facilities or systems.

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

(a)   "Facilities or systems" means projects or
properties, either existing or proposed, which are 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, Section 3-101(g) of the Code, as amended, and
includes the Maryland Environmental Service.

(c)   "Recycling" has the meaning stated in Environment
Article, Section 9-1701(e), as amended.

(d)   "Solid Waste" has the meaning stated in Natural
Resources Article, Section 3-101(n) of the Code, as amended.

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

(a) Eligible costs under this subsection (5) include
expenses incurred for financial, engineering, and legal analyses
necessary or incidental to determining the practicality of a
facility or system, and costs of plans, designs, specifications,
surveys, investigations, demonstrations, and permit applications.
Staff and operating costs of the recipient shall not be
considered eligible costs.

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