WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 6

installation of automated flood warning projects, provided that the projects are
consistent with the plans and implementation prepared and adopted in accordance with
this subtitle, and provided further that each project:

(i) Is undertaken as part of a comprehensive flood management plan
prepared and adopted by the subdivision; and

(ii) Is not inconsistent with any State or interjurisdictional flood
management plan.

[(3)] (4) Grants for automated flood warnings projects shall be
conditioned to require all affected local governing bodies [to]:

(i)[ Adopt] TO ADOPT a specific and compatible response plan
which has been coordinated with local emergency management authorities and reviewed
and approved by the Department and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency;
and

(ii)[ Provide] TO PROVIDE for financial and other commitments to
properly operate and maintain the project.

[(4)] (5) (i) Subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works, the
Department may provide grants to subdivisions immediately after a flood for acquisition
of any flood damaged owner-occupied dwelling.

(ii) Total expenditures for grants made under this paragraph may not
exceed 50 [percent]% of the total authorized budgeted funds in a fiscal year for grants
under this subsection.

[(5)] (6) The amount of any grant made by the Department for a flood
control and watershed management capital project shall be matched by a minimum
amount of 50 [percent]% of local funds. The Department may provide up to 50
[percent]% of the nonfederal share of the funding for a flood control and watershed
management capital project which meets the criteria of this subtitle.

[(6)] (7) To receive a grant, the subdivision must participate in the
national flood insurance program.

[(7)] (8) Before making a grant, the Department, in cooperation with the
Office of Planning, shall review the flood control and watershed management
operations of the applicant subdivision to assure that [they] THE FLOOD CONTROL
AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS are in compliance with this
subtitle.

[(8)] (9) The Department, in consultation with the Office of Planning,
shall [promulgate rules and] ADOPT regulations necessary for the administration of
the grant program. These [rules and] regulations may include:

(i) A determination of statewide and interjurisdictional needs and
priorities;

(ii) Standards of eligibility for applicants and projects;
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