Ch. 4

1992 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Fund until a construction contract has been awarded. Further provided, that the balance
of the Construction Contingency Fund may not exceed $2,000,000. Further provided that
a summary report on the sources and uses of the Fund shall be sent to the budget
committees by January 1, 1993.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if federal funds are
available to help accomplish any project identified in this Act, the State agency or
institution responsible for the project shall make efforts through proper administrative
procedures to obtain these federal funds. Before spending any funds appropriated by this
Act, the agency or institution shall certify its efforts to the Board of Public Works and
state the reason for any failure to obtain federal funds. If federal funds are obtained, they
shall be used to defray the costs of the project described in this Act, and not to expand its
scope.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That for any appropriation
for planning of a State-owned project provided in this Act, if a program required by
Section 3-602(d) of the State Finance and Procurement Article has not been submitted,
then the State agency or institution responsible for the project shall submit a program to
the Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning for approval before funds may be
expended from the appropriation. For any appropriation for construction of a
State-owned project provided in this Act, if preliminary plans and outline specifications
required by Section 3-602(f)(2)(i) of the State Finance and Procurement Article have not
been prepared, then the State agency or institution responsible for the project shall
submit preliminary plans and outline specifications to the Department of Budget and
Fiscal Planning for approval before funds may be expended from the appropriation.

SECTION 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any bond proceeds
remaining on or after January 1, 1992, from any appropriation herein listed for the
Baltimore City Jail under the provisions of this Act, may be expended, upon approval by
the Board of Public Works, to provide a portion of the funds for the State Correctional
Facilities Contingency Fund pursuant to Chapter 472 of the Acts of 1991, provided that:

(i) the total expenditure of bond proceeds under this provision from the
Baltimore City Jail Loan accounts for the State Correctional Facilities Contingency Fund
may not exceed the total funds appropriated to the State Correctional Facilities
Contingency Fund by Chapter 472 of the Acts of 1991; and

(ii) following the expenditure of unspent bond proceeds from one or more
Baltimore City Jail loan accounts pursuant to this section, an equivalent amount of funds
appropriated by Chapter 472 of the Acts of 1991 to the State Correctional Facilities
Contingency Fund shall, upon sale of the bonds, be used for the purposes specified for
the Baltimore City Jail or the Baltimore City Detention Center under the Baltimore City
Jail Loans of 1986 through 1990, as amended in this Act.

SECTION 12. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That no portion of the
proceeds of a loan or any of the matching funds provided for a project funded under this
Act may be used for the furtherance of sectarian religious instruction, or in connection
with the design, acquisition, or construction of any building used or to be used as a place
of sectarian religious worship or instruction, or in connection with any program or

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