PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 290

CHAPTER 290
(House Bill 1294)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Maryland Historical Society

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000
$800,000 $500,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Maryland Historical
Society for certain acquisition, development, or improvement purposes; providing
for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee
provide and expend a matching fund; requiring the grantee to grant and convey a
certain easement to the Maryland Historical Trust; and providing generally for the
issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Baltimore City
- Maryland Historical Society Loan of 1997 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser
of (i) $1,000,000 $800,000 $500,000 or (ii) the amount of the matching fund provided in.
accordance with Section 1(5) below. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale,
and delivery of State general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of
Public Works and issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with §§ 8-117 through 8-124
of the State Finance and Procurement Article and Article 31, § 22 of the Code.

(2) The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this loan may be sold as a
single issue or may be consolidated and sold as part of a single issue of bonds under §
8-122 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(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 Maryland Historical Society (referred to hereafter in this Act as "the
grantee") for the repair, renovation, and reconstruction of, and for the provision of
capital equipment for, the existing facilities and for the planning, design, and construction
of, and for the provision of capital equipment for, new facilities in Baltimore City.

(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. No part of

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