Further provided that no State funds appropriated for the purpose of funding
the Community Court may be expended until the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) has prepared and submitted a report to the budget committees
which addresses the provisions outlined under subsections (1) through (5) of this
section and documents that action has been taken where appropriate:

(1) The Greater Baltimore Committee shall, for no consideration, legally
transfer title of a building to the Maryland Economic Development Corporation
(MEDCO) to be used for the purpose of housing the Community Court. The building
shall be free of liens, except the reversion to the Abell Foundation should the building
not be used as the Community Court.

(2) The DBM shall document the level and extent of actual private sector
funding which is to be used to fund all or a portion of the following elements of the
Community Court: building acquisition, building renovation, and development and
operations of information systems. There shall be provided to DBM information from
MEDCO that there are satisfactory valid written commitments of funding, beyond the
amount financed through MEDCO, sufficient to complete building renovation. There
will be no expenditure of State general or special funds for capital needs of this
project.

(3) A comprehensive detailed plan for the implementation of a
Community Court in the Baltimore City downtown district shall be prepared. The
Community Court plan shall include the following elements: cost projections; caseload
estimates; list of nuisance crimes to be processed; list of community services to be
performed by offenders; service levels; service providers and costs incurred for drug
treatment programs for offenders; and the expected role of and coordination between
the District Court, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the
Office of the Public Defender, the Baltimore City State's Attorneys' Office, the
University System of Maryland, Baltimore City, and the Greater Baltimore
Committee.

(4) A memorandum of understanding (MOU) shall be signed by
Baltimore City, the Greater Baltimore Committee, and private sector contributors
and shall document the specific level of funds to support the renovation and/or debt
service required to fund the renovations on the building. In addition, the
memorandum of understanding shall indicate the specific commitment for program
and operating costs of the Community Court for fiscal 2000.

(5) The budget committees shall have 45 days from the date of receipt to
review and comment on the report and MOU. It is the intent of the General Assembly
that after the committees review and comment, or the passage of 45 days from the