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Ch. 348
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 348
(House Bill 199)
AN ACT concerning
Creation of a State Debt - Baltimore City - Goodwill Industries
FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $1,500,000
$500,000 $450,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors
of Goodwill Industries of Baltimore, 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 the grantee shall grant and convey a certain easement to the
Maryland Historical Trust; 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 Baltimore
City - Goodwill Industries Loan of 2000 in a total principal amount equal to the lesser
of (i) $1,500,000 $500,000 $450,000 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 Goodwill
Industries of Baltimore, Inc. (referred to hereafter in this Act as "the grantee") for the
planning, design, repair, renovation, and capital equipping of a building on East
Redwood Street in Baltimore City, Maryland, to be used as a career development
center for Goodwill Industries.
(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.
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