Ch. 282

1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(4) An annual State tax is imposed on all assessable property in the State in rate
and amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, as and when due
and until paid in full. The principal shall be discharged within 15 years after the date of
issuance of the bonds.

(5) Prior to the payment of any funds under the provisions of this Act for the
purposes sot forth in Section 1(3) above, the grantee shall provide and expend a matching
fund. No part of the grantee's matching fund may bo provided, either directly or
indirectly, from funds of the State, whether appropriated or unappropriated. 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,
1998, 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 bo canceled and be of no further effect.

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

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 282
(House Bill 886)

AN ACT concerning

Calvert County - Veterans' Organizations - Discharge of Firearms

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County
to authorize certain veterans' organizations to conduct certain organized shooting
events that are not subject to certain restrictions on discharging a firearm within a
certain distance of certain buildings or without permission on property owned by
another person; and generally relating to the discharge of a firearm for the purposes
of certain organized shooting events.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Calvert County
Section 15-102

Article 5 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1986 Edition and July 1991 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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