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Ch. 599
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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CHAPTER 599
(House Bill 418)
AN ACT concerning
Creation of a State Debt - Montgomery County - Hebrew Home of Greater
Washington
FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $650,000,
the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington
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; prohibiting the use of the proceeds or any of the matching
funds for sectarian 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:
(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 - Hebrew Home of Greater Washington Loan of 2000 in a total principal
amount equal to the lesser of (i) $650,000 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 Hebrew Home of Greater Washington
(referred to hereafter in this Act as "the grantee") for the construction, repair,
renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Hebrew Home of Greater
Washington, a 558-bed geriatric care facility with services available to the entire
community and located in Montgomery County, Maryland.
(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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