WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 321

(vi) Neither the Sheriff of Prince George's County nor any of the
Sheriff's deputies shall conduct criminal investigations, except in matters concerning the
Sheriff's department or upon request of the courts, or as necessary for the administration
and enforcement of casino night permits as authorized by the county governing body.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, pursuant to Article III,
Section 35 of the Constitution of Maryland, this Act may not be construed to extend or
apply to the salary or compensation of the Sheriff of Prince George's County in office on
the effective date of this Act, but the provisions of this Act concerning the salary or
compensation of the Sheriff of Prince George's County shall take effect at the beginning
of the next following term of office.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 321
(House Bill 975)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County Cultural Center

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000
$750,000 $670,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Executive and
County Council of Montgomery County for the planning, design, and construction
of, and the provision of capital equipment for, a regional cultural center to be
located in Takoma Park, subject to the requirement that5the that the County
Executive and County Council of Montgomery County 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 Montgomery
County Cultural Center Loan of 1994 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i)
$1,000,000 $750,000 $670,000 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.

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