Ch. 540                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

construction of this new facility in a different section of the current site having been made
necessary by highway improvements in the area.

(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 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. 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 be canceled and be of no further effect.

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

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 540
(House Bill 1325)

AN ACT concerning

Cecil County - Alcoholic Beverages
(Special and Temporary licenses)

FOR the purpose of permitting, in Cecil County, department heads the Chairman of the
Board of License Commissioners, with the verbal consensus oral or written approval
of a majority of the Board of License Commissioners, to undertake certain actions;
repealing the requirement for a certain publication prior to the granting of a special
temporary alcoholic beverages license; and generally relating to alcoholic beverages
in Cecil County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 2B - Alcoholic Beverages
Section 7-101(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland

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