PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 599

Article [X] XII

1.       If any part or provision of this compact or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is adjudged invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the
judgment shall be confined in its operation to the part, provision, or application directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgement shall have been rendered and shall
not affect or impair the validity of the remainder of this compact or the application
thereof to other persons or circumstances, and the signatories hereby declare that they
would have entered into this compact or the remainder thereof had the invalidity of such
provision or application thereof been apparent.

2.       This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes for which
it is created.

CHAPTER II

Woodrow Wilson Bridge and Tunnel Revenue Bond Act

Article I

Definitions
[ As used in this Act the following words shall have the following meanings:

1.       "Cost", as applied to the project, means the cost of acquisition of all lands,
structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other property rights and interests;
the cost of lease payments, the cost of construction; the cost of demolishing, removing, or
relocating any buildings or structures on lands acquired, including the cost of acquiring
any lands to which such buildings or structures may be moved or relocated; the cost to
relocate residents or businesses from properties acquired for the project; the cost of any
extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements; the cost of all labor, materials,
machinery and equipment, financing charges, and interest on all bonds prior to and
during construction and, if deemed advisable by the Authority, of such construction; the
cost of engineering, financial and legal services, plans, specifications, studies, surveys,
estimates of cost and of revenues, and other expenses necessary or incident to
determining the feasibility or practicability of constructing the project, administrative
expenses, provisions for working capital, and reserves for interest and for extensions,
enlargements, additions, and improvements; the cost of bond insurance and other devices
designed to enhance the creditworthiness of the bonds; and such other expenses as may
be necessary or incidental to the construction of the project, the financing of such
construction, and the planning of the project in operation.

2.       "Owner" includes all persons as defined in Article 1, § 19 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland having any interest or title in and to property, rights, franchises,
easements, and interests authorized to be acquired by this Act.

3.       "Project" means the existing Woodrow Wilson Bridge and a bridge or tunnel,
or a bridge and tunnel project, adjacent to the existing Woodrow Wilson Bridge including
work on the bridge or tunnel, or both the bridge and tunnel, as may be necessary to

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