MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                        875

cies: The Department of Game and Inland Fish, the Department of
Forests and Parks, and the Department of Chesapeake Bay Affairs.
These funds shall be used for State acquisition and development
projects.

(1)  A PORTION OF THE STATE'S SHARE OF THE FUNDS
AVAILABLE UNDER THIS PROGRAM SHALL BE UTILIZED
FOR MAKING GRANTS TO BALTIMORE CITY FOR THE AC-
QUISITION OF LAND WITHIN BALTIMORE CITY WHICH
WILL BE PART OF THE PATAPSCO RIVER PARK AND THE
JONES FALLS CYLBURN PARK. THESE GRANTS SHALL BE
IN ADDITION TO ANY FUNDS THAT BALTIMORE CITY IS
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UNDER SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION. IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A STATE GRANT,
THE PARCELS OF LAND TO BE ACQUIRED WITHIN BALTI-
MORE CITY MUST BE REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT
OF FORESTS AND PARKS AND THE PARCELS OR PARCELS,
INCLUDING THE COST THEREOF, MUST BE APPROVED BY
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. TITLE TO SUCH PARCEL
OR PARCELS SHALL BE IN THE NAME OF THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY, AND THE STATE
SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS INVOLVED
WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF SUCH
PARCEL OR PARCELS.

(2)  EACH YEAR THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND
PARKS, DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND INLAND FISH AND
DEPARTMENT OF CHESAPEAKE BAY AFFAIRS SHALL
PREPARE A LIST OF ACQUISITION PROJECTS FOR THE
NEXT FISCAL YEAR, AND THESE PROJECTS SHALL BE
SUBMITTED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN A MANNER
SIMILAR TO OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PROVIDED IN
ARTICLE 15A OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND.

(c)    The other one-half of the funds available under this Program
shall be used exclusively to assist the subdivisions in the acquisition
and development of land for recreation and open space areas.

(d)    All acquisition and development projects funded under the
Program must meet needs identified in the State Planning Depart-
ment's "Maryland Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Plan," and
in the Department of Forests and Parks "Master Plan for Outdoor
Recreation, 1967-1976." PROJECTS CONTAINED IN THE
ADOPTED MASTER PLAN FOR RECREATION AND PARKS
FOR BALTIMORE CITY SHALL BE EMBODIED IN THE
"MARYLAND OUTDOOR RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE
PLAN."

(e) At least sixty per cent (60%) of the total funds available

under the Program shall be utilized by the State and by the Subdivi-
sions, respectively, for acquisition of land, and a maximum of forty
per cent (40%) may be used for development. This provision shall
not apply to Baltimore City.

(E) THE FUNDS AVAILABLE UNDER THE PROGRAM
SHALL BE UTILIZED BY THE STATE AND BY THE SUB-
DIVISIONS ONLY FOR ACQUISITION OF LAND. THIS PRO-
VISION SHALL NOT APPLY IN BALTIMORE CITY AND
SPECIAL EXCEPTION MAY BE MADE BY THE DEPART-