CHAPTER 495
(House Bill 1157)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - The Boys and Girls Clubs of

Greater Washington, Inc.

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,000,000
$100,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to The Board of Directors of The
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Inc. for certain acquisition,
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 Montgomery
County - The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Inc. Loan of 1999 in a
total principal amount equal to the lesser of (i) $1,000,000 $100,000 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 Boys and
Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Inc. (referred to hereafter in this Act as "the
grantee") for the acquisition, planning, and design, construction, reconstruction, and
capital equipping, construction, rcconstruction, and capital equipping of a site in the
Germantown area to house a Boys and Girls Club.

(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.