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Ch. 569
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1820
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(1) Subject to the approval of the Board of Public
Works, the Department may use proceeds from the State debt
created to fund the comprehensive flood management grant program
[for] TO PAY THE ENTIRE COST OF WATERSHED studies pursuant to
subsection (b). The Department may provide grants to
subdivisions [for] TO PAY THE ENTIRE COST OF watershed studies
when [they are delegated] THE DEPARTMENT DELEGATES that
responsibility pursuant to subsection (b).
(2) Subject to the approval of the Board of Public
Works the Department may provide grants to subdivisions for flood
control and watershed management capital projects, provided that
the projects are consistent with the plans and implementation
prepared and adopted in accordance with this subtitle, and
provided further that each flood control and watershed management
capital project:
(i) Is undertaken as part of a comprehensive
flood management plan prepared and adopted by the subdivision;
and
(ii) Is not inconsistent with any State or
interjurisdictional flood management plan.
(3) The amount of any grant made by the Department
FOR A FLOOD CONTROL AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT CAPITAL PROJECT
shall be matched by a minimum amount of 50 percent of local funds
[for a project]. The Department may provide up to 50 percent of
the nonfederal share of the funding for a [project] FLOOD CONTROL
AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT CAPITAL PROJECT which meets the
criteria of this subtitle.
(4) To receive a grant, the subdivision must
participate in the national flood insurance program.
(5) Before making a 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.
(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;
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