Ch. 153                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(5)     Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions of this Act for the
purposes set forth in Section l(3)above, the Board of Directors of the Baltimore City Life
Museums, Inc. 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 in kind
contributions. The fund may consist of funds expended prior to the effective date of this
Act or real property. 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 Board of Directors of the
Baltimore City Life Museums, Inc. has until June 1, 1995, 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)     (a) Prior to the issuance of the. bond, the Board of Directors of the
Baltimore City Life Museums, Inc. shall grant and convey to the Maryland Historical
Trust a [perpetual] preservation easement to the extent of its interest:

(i) On the land or such portion of the land acceptable to the Trust;

and

(ii) On the exterior and interior, where appropriate, of the. historic
structures.

(b) The easement must be in form and substance acceptable to the Trust
and the extent of the interest to be encumbered must be acceptable to the Trust.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 153
(Senate Bill 619)

AN ACT concerning

Mental Hygiene Administration - Director - Qualifications

FOR the purpose of altering the qualifications for the Director of the Mental Hygiene
Administration to require that the Director be an individual who has demonstrated
competence in the field of mental health administration.

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