MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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to supplement the federal funds to the maximum extent
that the total combined federal funds and State grant do
not exceed 67% of the total eligible construction and
equipment costs of the project. In any event, the State
grant may not exceed 50% of the total eligible
construction and equipment costs of the project.]]

(2) Any Federal grant which may be available for
this purpose shall be applied first to the cost of
construction, acquisition for/or renovation and equipment
of each Community Mental Health Center Component or
Mental Retardation Facility. State grants shall be used
to supplement Federal grants when available in such a
manner that grants from these combined state and Federal
sources provide not more than 67% of the total eligible
cost of the project, except that for those projects
designated under Federal regulations, State Plans, and
regulations provided for by this Act as eligible for
poverty area funding, grants from combined State and
Federal sources may provide not more than 90% of the
total eligible costs of the project.

(3) Any State grants made within limitation (2) or
from State funds only shall not exceed 50% of the total
construction, acquisition and/or renovation and equipment
costs of any Community Mental Health Center Component or
Mental Retardation Facility, except for those projects
designated under Federal regulations, State Plans, and
regulations provided for by this Act as eligible for
poverty area funding grants from State sources may not
exceed 75% of eligible costs.

[[(3)]](4) The amount of the State
grant to be made for any facility shall be determined
after due consideration of all pending eligible
applicants, the total of unallocated State funds
available at the time the application is received, and
such priorities of area need as may have been established
by the State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

[[(4)]](5) If, at any time within
fifteen (15) years after completion of construction, a
facility with respect to which funds have been paid under
the provisions of this Act

(i) is sold or transferred to any
person, agency, or organization which would not itself
qualify as an applicant under the terms of this Act, or
which is not approved as a transferee by the Secretary of
Health and Mental Hygiene, or

(ii) ceases to be a public or nonprofit
facility, as defined in this Act, then the State shall be
entitled to recover from either the transferor or