876                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 403

MENT OF FORESTS AND PARKS REGARDING DEVELOP-
MENT PROJECTS OF SPECIAL MERIT IN OTHER MUNIC-
IPAL CORPORATIONS.

(f) Any subdivision may apply to the State Department of
Forests and Parks for a grant from the total funds authorized by this
Program provided that:

(1)     Such Federal funds as are available for financing acquisition
and development projects shall be used to the maximum extent
possible.

(2)    The State shall provide up to twenty-five per cent (25%)
of the total project cost for each approved acquisition and develop-
ment project. If Federal funds are not available, the State shall pro-
vide additional funds, but not more than fifty per cent (50%) of the
total project cost.

(3) No development project shall be approved until sixty per
cent (60%) of the funds allocated to the subdivisions have been obli-
gated for acquisition. This provision shall not apply to Baltimore

City.

(3)    NO DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SHALL BE APPROVED
FOR A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION UNTIL SEVENTY-FIVE
PERCENT (75%) OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE
COUNTY, INCLUDING ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
THEREIN, HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED FOR ACQUISITION.
THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO BALTIMORE
CITY.

(4)    Each project shall conform to a comprehensive plan and
shall have the approval of official planning agencies having jurisdic-
tion, including comprehensive planning agencies with area-wide
jurisdiction.

(5)    Each applicant shall certify the availability of the local fund
share for any project submitted within 12 months of the date of
submission.

(6)    Each applicant shall certify that a local program is estab-
lished to manage and administer an outdoor recreation or open space
program.

(7)    Each applicant shall certify that the cost of any proposed
land acquisition project has been established by qualified appraisal,
subject to verification and approval by the State Department of
Forests and Parks.

(8)    Land acquired or developed shall not, without the approval
of the Director of the Department of Forests and Parks and the
Director of the State Planning Department, be converted to any use
other than public recreation use. The Director may approve such
conversion only if the applicant replaces land of at least equivalent
area and of equal recreation value.

(9)    The rules and regulations of the State Department of Forests
and Parks, have been complied with.

(g) A Committee, to be appointed by the Governor, shall prepare
and adopt an apportionment formula relating to the percentage of
the total funds each political subdivision EACH COUNTY, INCLUD-