Ch. 203                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)     (i) Lease will be for a minimum term of 30 years following project
completion; or

(ii) Lease agreement extends the right of purchase to the lessee; and

(2)     Lessor consents to the recording, in the land records of the political
subdivision in which the facility is located, of a notice of the State's right of recovery as
provided under § 4-106 of this subtitle.

4-104.

The allocation and use of State funds under this title are subject to the following
terms and conditions:

(1)     State funds may be used only for the planning, design, construction,
conversion, acquisition, renovation, and equipping of facilities, including reports, plans,
specifications, site improvements, surveys, and programs in connection therewith;

(2)     Any federal or other grant that is available for the purpose shall be
applied first to the cost of planning, design, construction, conversion, acquisition,
renovation, or equipping of a facility;

(3)     A State grant may not exceed [ $600,000 or] 50 percent of the cost of
eligible work remaining unpaid after all federal and other grants have been [applied,
whichever is less] APPLIED;

(4)     The amount of the State grant for any project shall be determined after
consideration of all eligible applications, the total of unallocated State funds available at
the time application is received, and such priorities of area need as may be established by
the Department; and

(5)     No portion of the proceeds of a State grant 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 applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the proceeds of
the grant has been or is being used for a purpose prohibited by this title.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

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