Ch. 167                                    1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 167
(Senate Bill 335)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Calvert Marine Museum

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the
proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert
County for the construction of a paleontology exhibit in the new exhibit building of
the Calvert Marine Museum in Solomons, Maryland, subject to the requirement
that the Board of Governors of the Calvert Marine Museum provide and expend a
matching fund and present by a certain date evidence that a matching fund will be
provided; and providing generally for the issuance 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 Calvert Marine
Museum Loan of 1994 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) $100,000 or (ii)
the amount of the matching fund provided in accordance with Section 1(5) below. 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 Calvert County for the construction
of a paleontology exhibit in the new exhibit building of the Calvert Marine Museum in
Solomons, Maryland.

(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
issuance 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 Board of Governors of the Calvert Marine
Museum shall provide and expend a matching fund. No part of an applicant's matching
fund may be provided, either directly or indirectly, from funds of the State, whether

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