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Forests and Parks have been complied with and the applicant 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.    That THE value of the land proposed for acquisition has been
established by qualified appraisers and this value of the land has been
verified and approved by the Department of Forests and Parks.]

357F.

(a) The local governing body shall submit every project request
for acquisition and/or development under this program to the De-
partment of Natural Resources for report and evaluation of the bene-
fits to be achieved by the grant. Any municipal corporation may
apply by submitting local project applications through its local gov-
erning body to the Department of Natural Resources. The Department
of Natural Resources shall review the proposed project and shall re-
quest the Department of State Planning to review and comment on
the project. If the project is approved by the Department of Natural
Resources, and falls within the limits imposed by the formula de-
veloped by the Apportionment Committee for the allocation of the
annual appropriation, the project will be presented, along with re-
views from appropriate agencies to the Board of Public Works for
commitment of funds. Any program, may be revised by the local

governing body from time to time and the revised program upon

review by the Department of Natural Resources and the Department
of State Planning shall be substituted for the original program.

(b)    Beginning on December 1, 1973, and on December 1 each
year thereafter, the participating local governing body shall submit
an annual program to the Department of Natural Resources and the
Department of State Planning. Upon review, the annual program
shall become the basis for total allocations to each of the local gov-
erning bodies within the limits imposed by the formula developed
for the apportionment of the annual appropriations for Program
Open Space. Any municipal corporation may submit AN annual pro-
grams PROGRAM through its local governing body. ANY PRO-
GRAM MAY BE REVISED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNING
BODY FROM TIME TO TIME AND THE REVISED PROGRAM
UPON REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RE-
SOURCES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PLANNING
SHALL BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM.

(c)    Except in Baltimore City, at least one-half of a local governing
body's annual apportionment shall be used for acquisition projects.
No local matching funds will be required for acquisition projects. In
those instances in which the local governing body has been unable to
obtain Federal funds pursuant to Subsection 357G (e) (5) of
this Act, for an approved local acquisition project, the total cost of the
project will be defrayed out of the local governing body's annual
apportionment of State funds for Open Space. In Baltimore City
any portion of the annual apportionment may be used for either
acquisition or development.