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2860
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Ch. 703
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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government sponsoring the construction of an eligible
facility or the expansion of an existing eligible
facility in this State may apply to the State Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene for a State grant toward the
cost of that project. The allocation and use of State
funds under this Act shall be governed by and subject to
the following stipulations and limitations:
(1) (i) State funds may be used only for the
construction and equipping of public and other non-profit
facilities and for the purpose of reports, plans, and
specifications in connection therewith, and for the
purpose of site improvements, surveys, and programs in
connection therewith.
(2) (ii) If, at the time of application for State
funds under this Act, federal funds are also available
for this purpose, these federal funds shall be applied
first to the project, in accordance with applicable
federal regulations, and the State grant shall be used to
supplement the federal funds to the maximum extent in
such a manner that the total combined federal funds and
State grant do not exceed 67% percent of the total
eligible construction and equipment costs of the project.
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In any event, the State grant may not exceed 50% percent
of the total eligible construction and equipment costs of
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the project. State grants shall amount to up to 50
percent of the eligible cost remaining after the federal
grant has been applied. For those projects designated
under federal regulations, State plans and regulations
provided for by this Act as eligible for poverty area
funding, State grants shall amount to up to 75 percent of
the eligible cost remaining after the federal grant has
been applied.
(3) (iii) 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 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) (iv) If, at any time within fifteen (15) 15
years after completion of construction, an institution
with respect to which funds have been paid under the
provisions of this Act:
(1) 1. 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) 2. ceases to be a public or
non-profit facility, as defined in this Act, then the
State shall be entitled to recover from either the
transferor or transferee thereof or, in the case of an
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