PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 660

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, with the approval of the
Department of Budget and Management, any appropriation under the provisions of this
Act that is in excess of the amount needed for a project may be credited to the
Construction Contingency Fund under Section 3-609 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, if federal funds are
available to help accomplish any project identified in this Act, the State agency or
institution responsible for the project shall make efforts through proper administrative
procedures to obtain these federal funds. Before spending any funds appropriated by this
Act, the agency or institution shall certify its efforts to the Board of Public Works and
state the reason for any failure to obtain federal funds. If federal funds are obtained, they
shall be used to defray the costs of the project described in this Act, and not to expand its
scope.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, for any appropriation for
planning of a State-owned project provided in this Act, if a program required by Section
3-602(d) of the State Finance and Procurement Article has not been submitted, then the
State agency or institution responsible for the project shall submit a program to the
Department of Budget and Management for approval before funds may be expended
from the appropriation. For any appropriation for construction of a State-owned project
provided in this Act, if preliminary plans and outline specifications required by Section
3-602(f)(2)(i) of the State Finance and Procurement Article have not been prepared,
then the State agency or institution responsible for the project shall submit preliminary
plans and outline specifications to the Department of Budget and Management for
approval before funds may be expended from the appropriation.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That no portion of the
proceeds of a loan or any of the matching funds provided for a project funded under this
Act may be used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in connection
with the design, acquisition, construction, or equipping 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, a recipient of the proceeds of a loan under this Act 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.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:

(a)     the Comptroller may advance funds from any loan fund account to any other
loan fund account established pursuant to a general obligation loan enabling act, under
the authority of which general obligation bonds have been issued, for any expenditure
authorized by such Act.

(b)     with the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Comptroller may advance
funds to any loan fund account established pursuant to a general obligation loan enabling
act, for which an approving legal opinion has been received by the Board, for any
expenditure authorized by the Act, provided that the next sale of general obligation bonds
shall include the issuance of bonds under the authority of that Act in an amount at least
equivalent to the amount of the funds so advanced.

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