PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

H.B. 239

CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING in Baltimore City to be used as operational
headquarters, a community health center, and a nonprofit revenue-generating business
for the CURE Heart, Body, and Soul Program.

(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 Board of Directors of Clergy United for
Renewal of East Baltimore, Inc. 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 Board of Directors of Clergy United for Renewal of East
Baltimore, Inc, has until June 1, 1996, 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 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

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