Ch. 78

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(3) The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer
and first shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of issuing, selling, and delivering
the bonds, unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then shall be
credited on the books of the Comptroller and expended, on approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including any applicable architects' and
engineers' fees: as a grant to the Department of Addiction, Victim, and Mental Health
Services of Montgomery County for THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY FOR, AND FOR
the planning, design, renovation, construction, equipping, and furnishing of, a center on
domestic violence to be located in Montgomery County, to be used for inpatient and
outpatient services for victims of domestic violence and their families.

(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 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 Department of Addiction, Victim, and
Mental Health Services of Montgomery County 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 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 Department of
Addiction, Victim, and Mental Health Services of Montgomery County has until June 1,
1997, 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, 1997.

Approved April 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 78
(Senate Bill 907)

AN ACT concerning

Montgomery County - Olney Theatre Loan of 1996

FOR the purpose of amending Chapter 138 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1996,
the Montgomery County - Olney Theatre Loan of 1996, to alter the purpose for

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