Ch. 202

1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(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 grantee shall provide and expend a matching
fund. No part of the grantee'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 grantee has until June 1.
1997, 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.

(6)     No portion of the proceeds of the loan or any of the matching funds may be
used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in connection with the
design, acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used as a place of
sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program or
department of divinity for any religious denomination. Upon the request of the Board of
Public Works, the grantee shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the
proceeds of the loan or any matching funds have been or are being used for a purpose
prohibited by this Act.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 202
(Senate Bill 755)

AN ACT concerning

The Arc of Montgomery County Loan of 1987

FOR the purpose of amending Chapter 500 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1987,
the Montgomery County Association for Retarded Citizens Loan of 1987, as
amended by Chapter 397 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1.990, to alter the
name of the Association receiving the grant to be The Arc of Montgomery County
and to alter the purpose of the proceeds of the bonds to include the acquisition of
a building located in Montgomery County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 500 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1987, as amended by Chapter
397 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1990

Section 1

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