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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 741

[(3)] (4) To receive a CAPITAL PROJECT grant,
the subdivision must participate in the national flood
insurance program.

[(4)] (5) Before making a CAPITAL PROJECT grant,
the Department, in cooperation with the Department of State
Planning, shall review the flood control and watershed
management operations of the applicant subdivision to assure
that they are in compliance with this subtitle.

[(5)] (6) The Department, in consultation with
the Department of State Planning, shall promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for the administration of the grant
program. These rules and regulations may include:

(i) A determination of statewide and
interjurisdictional needs and priorities;

(ii) Standards of eligibility for
applicants and projects;

(iii) Criteria for recognition of tidal
and nontidal areas;

(iv) Engineering and economic standards
and alternatives; and

(v) Procedures for filing and processing
contents of applications.

[(6)] (7) Each CAPITAL project application shall
be submitted to and reviewed by the State clearinghouse of
the Department of State Planning in accordance with
established clearinghouse procedures.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
provisions of this Act relating to study grants are not
effective until appropriate amendments are made to the
Comprehensive Grant Loan created by Chapter 772, Acts of
1980.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, subject to
Section 2 above, this Act shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 742
(Senate Bill 982)
AN ACT concerning