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.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the net new debt to be
authorized by legislation in fiscal year 2000 shall not exceed $445,000,000, as
evidenced by the following: