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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 466

Elderly Citizen Activities Centers, and providing for
capital equipment for these centers to serve the needs of
elderly citizens. State grants shall not exceed 50 percent
of the total cost of eligible work, and no State grant may
exceed $200,000.

(ii) Any Federal grant which may be available
for this purpose shall be applied first to the cost of
converting and equipping an Elderly Citizen Activities
Center. State grants shall not exceed 50 percent of the
total cost of eligible work remaining unpaid after any
Federal grant has been applied.

(iii) If, within 15 years after completion of
conversion, a facility with respect to which funds have been
paid under the provisions of this Act is sold or transferred
to any person, agency, or organization that would not
qualify as an applicant under the terms of this Act, or that
is not approved as a transferee by the Board of Public
Works, or if, within 15 years after completion of
conversion, a facility with respect to which funds have been
paid under the provisions of this Act ceases to be a public
facility, then the State shall be entitled to recover from
either the transferor or transferee or, in the case of a
facility which has ceased to be a public facility, from the
owner, an amount bearing the same ratio to the then current
value (as determined by an agreement between the State and
the transferor, transferee, or owner, or by an action
brought in a court of competent jurisdiction) of so much of
the facility as was converted with the assistance of a State
grant under this Act, as the amount of the State
participation bore to the total cost of conversion. When
this determination has been made, the Director of the Office
of Aging shall cause to be recorded among the land records
of the political subdivision in which the facility is
located a notice of the amount which the State is entitled
to recover; and such amount shall constitute a lien upon the
real property of the facility from the date of the
determination. All funds recovered pursuant to this right
of recovery shall be deposited in the Annuity Bond Fund and
shall be applied to the debt service requirements of the
State. The Board of Public Works may waive the State's
right of recovery if it determines that there is good cause
for releasing the transferor, transferee, or owner.

(c)    The application shall be directed to the Director
of the Office on Aging. When the Director of the Office on
Aging has approved the project and project plans, he shall
report the application to the Board of Public Works,
describing the scope of the project, and he shall advise the
Board that the project has been approved by him and
recommend that the Board make available the funds requested.

(d)    The Board of Public Works shall make allocations
from moneys available under this Act in accordance with the
provisions, stipulations, and limitations of the Act. The
Board of Public Works shall certify the allocation of State