Ch. 124

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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.

(6) No portion of the proceeds of the loan or any of the matching funds 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 Board of Directors of Clergy United for Renewal of East Baltimore,
Inc. shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the proceeds of the loan
or any matching funds has been or is being used for a purpose prohibited by this Act.

[(7) (a) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the Board of Directors of Clergy
United for Renewal of East Baltimore, Inc. shall grant and convey to the Maryland
Historical Trust perpetual preservation easements to the extent of its interest:

(i) On the land or such portion of the land acceptable to the Trust;

and

(ii) On the exterior and interior, where appropriate, of the historic

structures.

(b) The easements must be in form and substance acceptable to the Trust
and the extent of the interest to be encumbered must be acceptable to the Trust.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, has
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is
enacted.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 124
(Senate Bill 17)

AN ACT concerning

Lead Paint - Insurance - Definition of Affected Property

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "affected property" in provisions of the
insurance law relating to lead paint hazards; hazard coverage for certain rental
property: defining a certain term; providing for the application of this Act;
providing for the effective dates of this Act; and generally relating to the definition
of affected property.

BY repealing and reenacting. with amendments.

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