Ch. 450                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND

LOCAL GOVERNING BODY MAY USE UP TO 75 PERCENT OF ITS ANNUAL
APPORTIONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

(2) THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE 100 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
PROJECT COST OF EACH APPROVED LOCAL ACQUISITION PROJECT OR, IF
FEDERAL FUNDS ARE PROVIDED, 100 PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE TOTAL PROJECT COST AND THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.

(3)  (I) The State shall provide 75 percent of the

total project cost of each approved local acquisition or

development project if IF the local governing body is unable to
obtain federal funds pursuant to § 5-906 of this subtitle . , FOR
EACH APPROVED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE:

1. 75 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST;
OR

2. IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS CERTIFIED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION THAT ACQUISITION
GOALS HAVE BEEN MET, 90 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

[(f)] (II) If federal funds are provided on any
[acquisition or] development project cost, the State shall
provide 50 percent of the difference between the total project
cost and the federal contribution. Subject to the limitation
that total State funds, when added to every other available fund,
may not exceed 100 percent of a project's cost, the minimum State
contribution to a project shall be 25 percent. If the federal
funds are less than 50 percent of the total project cost, the
State shall provide an amount equal to the difference between the
federal contribution and:

1. 75 percent of the total project cost;
OR

2. IF THE DEPARTMENT HAS CERTIFIED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION THAT ACQUISITION
GOALS HAVE BEEN MET, 90 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST;

5-906.

(b) Every acquisition and development project funded by the
State in whole or in part shall meet needs identified in the
["Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Plan"] STATE
COMPREHENSIVE OUTDOOR RECREATION AND LAND PRESERVATION PLAN
prepared AND REVISED TRIENNIALLY by the Department of State
Planning in cooperation with the Department. The document and
any changes to it shall be distributed to every local governing
body.

(I) A LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IS EXEMPT FROM THE RESTRICTIVE
USE OF ITS ANNUALLY BUDGETED APPROPRIATION FOR PROGRAM OPEN SPACE
AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (C) AND (E) OF THIS SECTION, IF:

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