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. 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 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 grantee shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that none
of the proceeds of the loan or any matching funds have been or are being used for a
purpose prohibited by this Act.

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

Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 280
(House Bill 1041)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Union Baptist Church, Inc. -

Child Care Facility - Head Start

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $150,000,
the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Union Baptist
Church, Inc. for certain development or improvement purposes; providing for
disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee
provide and expend a matching fund; providing that no proceeds of a loan or any
matching funds may be used for religious purposes; and providing generally for
the issuance and sale of bonds evidencing the loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That: