WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 333

(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 Mayor and City Council of Frederick 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 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 the
amount of the matching fund or 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
Mayor and City Council of Frederick have until June 1, 1996, to present evidence
satisfactory to the Board of Public Works that a matching fund will be provided. If
satisfactory evidence is presented, the Board shall certify this fact and the amount of the
matching fund to the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan equal to the amount
of the matching fund shall be expended for the purposes provided in this Act. Any
amount of the loan in excess of the amount of the matching fund certified by the Board
of Public Works shall be canceled and be of no further effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 333
(House Bill 1330)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Heartly House, Inc.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000
$350,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Heartly
House, Inc. for the purchase, planning, design, conversion, reconstruction,
expansion, renovation, and repair of, and for the provision of capital equipment for,
a building in- Frederick County to be used as a shelter where assistance is given to
survivors of domestic violence, rape, or sexual assault, subject to the requirement
that the Board of Directors of Heartly House, Inc. 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 Heartly House,
Inc. Loan of 1994 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) $500,000 $350,000
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

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