CHAPTER 295
(House Bill 1162)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Somerset County - Old Washington High School
Auditorium - County Commissioners Office

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $500,000
$400,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the County Commissioners of
Board of County Commissioners for Somerset County 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; 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:

(1) The Board of Public Works may borrow money and incur indebtedness on
behalf of the State of Maryland through a State loan to be known as the Somerset
County - Old Washington High School Auditorium - County Commissioners Office
Loan of 1999 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) $500,000 $400,000 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 County Commissioners of Board of
County Commissioners for Somerset County (referred to hereafter in this Act as "the
grantee") for the renovation, repair, restoration, construction, reconstruction, and
capital equipping of the Old Washington High School and of the County
Commissioners Office, both located in Princess Anne.

(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