amount of $750,000 $500,000 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i)
$300,000 or (ii) the amount of the matching fund provided in accordance with Section
1(5) below. This loan shall be evidenced by the issuance, sale, and delivery of State
general obligation bonds authorized by a resolution of the Board of Public Works and
issued, sold, and delivered in accordance with §§ 8-117 through 8-124 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article and Article 31, § 22 of the Code.

(2) The bonds to evidence this loan or installments of this loan may be sold as
a single issue or may be consolidated and sold as part of a single issue of bonds under
§ 8-122 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(3) The cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds shall be paid to the Treasurer
and first shall be applied to the payment of the expenses of issuing, selling, and
delivering the bonds, unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided, and then
shall be credited on the books of the Comptroller and expended, on approval by the
Board of Public Works, for the following public purposes, including any applicable
architects' and engineers' fees: as a grant to the Board of Directors of The Patriots,
Inc. (referred to hereafter in this Act as "the grantee") for the acquisition, design,
planning, repair, renovation, construction, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a
technology training center to be located in the Watkins Building at the intersection of
Martin Luther King Highway and Eastern Avenue in Seat Pleasant.

(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 grantee shall provide and expend a
matching fund of $300,000. 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. The fund may
consist of 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 to
the State Treasurer, and the proceeds of the loan shall be expended for the purposes
provided in this Act 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.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1999.

Approved April 27, 1999.