Ch. 125                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Chapter 797 of the Acts of 1984

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 Chesapeake Bay
Water Quality Loan of 1984 in the aggregate principal amount of [$7,900,000]
$7,400,000. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance and sale of State general
obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of Public Works and issued, sold
and delivered in accordance with the provisions of §§ 19 to 23 of Article 31 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1983 Replacement Volume, as amended from time to
time).

(3) The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the
Treasurer and shall be first applied to the payment of the expenses of issuing and
delivering the bonds unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided and thereafter
shall be credited on the books of the State Comptroller and expended, upon approval by
the Board of Public Works, for the public purposes, including any applicable architects'
and engineers' fees EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1(3)(B) BELOW: to be credited to
the Water Pollution Control Fund to be expended for projects to improve the water
quality of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries as authorized under Title 9, Subtitle 3,
Part 6 of the Health - Environmental Article, subject to the approval of the Board of
Public Works as follows:

(b) Not more than $2,000,000 to provide grants for projects for the control
of agriculturally related nonpoint sources of pollution, provided, however, that only
$500,000 may be expended for projects on public lands. ANY PART OF THIS
APPROPRIATION NOT ENCUMBERED FOR THE PURPOSES IDENTIFIED AS OF JUNE 30,
1996 SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO, AND ADMINISTERED BY, THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE FOR GRANTS FOR PROJECTS TO CONTROL AGRICULTURALLY
RELATED NONPOINT SOURCES OF POLLUTION UNDER TITLE 8, SUBTITLE 7 OF THE
AGRICULTURE ARTICLE;

Chapter 797 of the Acts of 1984, as amended by Chapter 4 of the

First Special Session of 1992

(Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Loan of 1984)

Section 1(3)

(d) Not more than [$1,900,000] $1,400,000 to provide loans or loan
guarantees for projects for industrial pretreatment. The amount of funds in this
appropriation not encumbered for the purposes identified above as of June 1, 1992 shall
be used to provide grants for projects to remove nutrients at publicly owned sewage
treatment works.

Chapter 204 of the Acts of 1985

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

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