Ch. 257

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(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: as a grant to the County Council of Talbot
County for the design, site improvement, construction, and
equipping of a new Talbot County Detention Center.

(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.

(5)  Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions
of this Act for the purposes set forth in Section 1(3) above, the
County Council of Talbot County shall provide at least an equal
and matching fund of $5,250,000. No part of an applicant's
matching fund may be provided, either directly or indirectly,
from funds of the State, whether appropriated or unappropriated.
No part of the fund may consist of real property, in kind
contributions, or funds expended prior to the effective date of
this Act. In case of any dispute as to what money or assets may
qualify as matching funds, the Board of Public Works shall
determine the matter, and the Board's decision is final. The
County Council of Talbot County has until June 1, 1991, to
present evidence satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that
the matching fund will be provided. If satisfactory evidence is
presented, the Board shall certify this fact to the State
Treasurer and the proceeds of the loan shall be expended for the
purposes provided in this Act. If this evidence is not presented
by June 1, 1991, the proceeds of the loan shall be applied to the
purposes authorized in § 8-129 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1989.

Approved May 5, 1989.

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