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(c)    The State shall provide twenty-five percent (25%) of the
total project cost for each approved local acquisition and/or de-
velopment project. If Federal funds are not available, the State
shall provide additional funds, but not more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total project cost

(d)    Development projects submitted by municipal corporations
shall not be approved 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.

(e)    Land acquired or developed under a State grant from Pro-
gram Open Space shall not, without the written approval of the
Director of Forests and Parks and the Secretary of State Planning,
be converted from outdoor public recreation or open space use to
any other use. Such conversion in the land, use may only be approved
after the subdivision replaces the land with land of at least equiva-
lent area and of equal recreation value.

(f)    Each local project shall conform to a comprehensive plan
approved by the local governing body and shall have the approval
of official planning agencies having jurisdiction, including compre-
hensive planning agencies with area-wide jurisdiction.

(g)    Local projects will not be considered or approved for a
grant until the rules and regulations promulgated by the Depart-
ment of Forests and Parks have been complied with and the appli-
cant has certified on each application that:

1.    A program is established to manage and administer an out-
door public recreation or open space program.

2.    Funds are available or will be available within twelve months
of the date of submission of the application to pay the local share
of the project cost.

3.    The value of the land proposed for acquisition has been estab-
lished by qualified appraisers and this value of the land has been
verified and approved by the Department of Forests and Parks.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That Section 5(2) of Chapter

403 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1969, as amended by

Chapter 4 of the Acts of the Special Session of December 16, 1969,

be and it is hereby repealed and re enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

       That the actual cash proceeds of the Sale of Certificates of In-

debtedness to be issued under this Act shall be paid to the Treasurer
of the State upon the warrant of the Comptroller, and such proceeds
shall be used exclusively for the following purposes, to wit:

(2) The remainder of the proceeds of such loan shall be credited
on the books of the State Comptroller, to be expended to fund a
five-year, statewide program for the acquisition and development

of outdoor recreation and open space areas. The name of this pro-

gram shall be "Program Open Space'' as provided in Section 357B of
Article 66C of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from

time to time.

(5).