PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 247

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. No part of
the fund may consist of real property. The fund may consist of 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, 1999, 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.

(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 grantee shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none of the
proceeds of the loan or any matching funds have been or are being used for a purpose
prohibited by this Act.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1997.

Approved April 29, 1997.

CHAPTER 247
(House Bill 576)

AN ACT concerning

Statute of Limitations - Fish and Wildlife Violations

FOR the purpose of extending the statute of limitations for violations of certain
provisions of the Natural Resources Article; and generally relating to prosecution
for misdemeanors.

BY adding to

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

Section 5-106(t)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

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