Ch. 276                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 276

(House Bill 1442)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Carroll County Jail Center

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $55,000 $71,000 the proceeds to be used as a
grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County
for the planning of an addition to the Carroll County
Detention Center, subject to the requirement that the Board
of County Commissioners of Carroll County provide at least
an equal and matching fund of a certain kind for the same
purpose by a certain date; and providing generally for the
issue and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1)  The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur
indebtedness on behalf of the State of Maryland through a State
loan to be known as the Carroll County Jail Center Loan of 1989
in the total principal amount of $55,000 $71,000. 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: as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners
of Carroll County for the planning of an addition to the Carroll
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.

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