(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 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 grantee has until June 1, 2001, 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) (a) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the grantee and the Board of
Education of Anne Arundel County shall grant and convey to the Maryland Historical
Trust a perpetual preservation easement to the extent of its interest:

(i) On the land or such portion of the land acceptable to the Trust; and
On the exterior and interior, where appropriate, of the historic

structures.

(b) The easement 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 shall take effect
June 1, 1999.

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 214
(House Bill 148)

AN ACT concerning

Child Abuse and Neglect - Administrative Appeal Procedures and

Maintenance of Data

FOR the purpose of requiring the disclosure of certain reports or records concerning
child abuse or neglect under certain circumstances; authorizing the disclosure of
certain reports or records concerning child abuse or neglect to certain local and
State officials; requiring a local department of social services to provide certain
notice and information to certain individuals under certain circumstances;
providing that a certain individual may request a certain contested case hearing
in the event of a finding of indicated child abuse or neglect; altering the deadline