ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

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(1)     does not revert to the General Fund; and

(2)     with the approval of the Board of Public Works, may be carried in a
capital account until it is spent in accordance with subsection (c) of this section or
until the authority to spend the appropriation for a project terminates.

(c)     Money carried in a capital account under subsection (b) of this section may
be spent only for a capital purpose.

(d)     Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to spend the appropriation
for a project terminates:

(1)     2 years after the effective date of the appropriation act that
authorizes the project, if:

(i) evidence that a required matching fund will be provided has not
been presented to the Board; or

(ii) no part of the project is under contract and the Board has not
encumbered money for any part of the project;

(2)     1 year after the latest of abandonment, completion, or acceptance of
the project; or

(3)     except to the extent the Board has encumbered money for a State
project or program authorized by an appropriation act, 7 years after the effective date
of the appropriation act that authorized the project unless:

(i) the appropriation act provides otherwise; or

(ii) in an emergency, the Board unanimously grants a temporary
exception for 1 year.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Short title of bill being cured failed to describe amendments to §
7-305 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

Occurred: Chapter 153 (House Bill 444) of the Acts of 2003.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Education

22-301.

(a)     The Department shall develop and implement an educational program
designed to meet the particular needs of the population at the Charles H. Hickey, Jr.
School in Baltimore County.

(b)     (1) For each student placed at the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, the local
school system in which the student was last enrolled shall transmit within 5 days of
notice of the placement, the complete record of the student including medical
information in the custody of the local school system.

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