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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 513

(1)  The value of property and
improvements made available by the County equals or exceeds
the amount of the State grant;

(2)  No State funds have been used
for the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of the
public building to be converted; and

(3)  The State is not responsible for
any bonded indebtedness in connection with the building. In
no case shall the State grant 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 the
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] ON 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