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PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL PROJECT
COST AND THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.

(E)   USE OF LOCAL GOVERNING BODY'S APPORTIONMENT;
STATE'S SHARE IF FEDERAL FUNDS UNOBTAINABLE.—ONE HALF
OF ANY LOCAL GOVERNING BODY'S ANNUAL APPORTIONMENT
SHALL BE USED FOR ACQUISITION OR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE 75 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL
PROJECT COST OF EACH APPROVED LOCAL ACQUISITION OR
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IF THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY IS
UNABLE TO OBTAIN FEDERAL FUNDS PURSUANT TO § 5-906 OF
THIS SUBTITLE.

(F)    STATE'S SHARE IF FEDERAL FUNDS USED.—IF
FEDERAL FUNDS ARE PROVIDED ON ANY ACQUISITION OR
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COST, THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE 50
PERCENT OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL PROJECT
COST AND THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION. SUBJECT TO THE
LIMITATION THAT TOTAL STATE FUNDS, WHEN ADDED TO EVERY
OTHER AVAILABLE FUND, MAY NOT EXCEED 100 PERCENT OF A
PROJECT'S COST, THE MINIMUM STATE CONTRIBUTION TO A
PROJECT SHALL BE 25 PERCENT. IF THE FEDERAL FUNDS ARE
LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST, THE
STATE SHALL PROVIDE AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION AND 75 PERCENT OF THE
TOTAL PROJECT COST.

(G)   DONATED LAND APPLIED TO LOCAL GOVERNING
BODY'S COSTS.—IF LAND IS DONATED TO LOCAL GOVERNING
BODIES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, 75 PERCENT OF THE
APPRAISED VALUE THE DEPARTMENT APPROVES MAY BE APPLIED
AS A PORTION OF, OR ALL OF, THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY'S
SHARE OF THE PROJECT'S COST FOR THE PROJECTS REFERRED
TO IN § 5-904 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(H) REIMBURSEMENT TO STATE IF FEDERAL FUNDS
RECEIVED.—IF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE RECEIVED FOR ANY
APPROVED LOCAL PROJECT AFTER IT WAS FUNDED BY THE
STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (C) OF THIS
SECTION OR §5-904 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THE APPLICANT
SHALL REIMBURSE THE STATE IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION. THE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE
RESERVED FOR OTHER PROJECTS APPROVED FOR THE
APPLICANT UP TO THE LIMIT OF THE SHARE ALLOCATED TO
THE LOCAL GOVERNING BODY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 66C, section 357F, of the Code as
amended by Chapter 331, Acts of 1973. The
only changes made are in style.