HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                        2569

(iv) Subgrants by local governmental agencies to
nonprofit organizations for the purposes provided in 3(a), (b),
and (c) (i), (ii), and (iii) above.

(4)  The Director of the Office on Aging is hereby
authorized and directed to develop rules and regulations to carry
out the intent of this Act, and to promulgate them after they
have been approved by the Board of Public Works.

(5)  Any local governmental agency may apply to the Office
on Aging for a State grant to be applied toward the cost of any
project eligible for funds under this Act and the regulations
adopted pursuant to this Act. The allocation and use of State
funds under this Act shall be governed by and subject to the
following stipulations and limitations:

(i) State funds may only be used for the construction
or acquisition of a building, or part of a building, to be used
as an Elderly Citizen Activities Center contingent on
certification to the Board of Public Works by the local
government and the Office on Aging that no surplus school or
other public building appropriate for use as an Elderly Citizen
Activities Center exists in the area where it is desired to
locate a center.

(ii) Any federal grant that is received for an
eligible project shall be applied first to the cost of the
project.

(iii) A State grant may not exceed $200,000 or 50
percent of the total cost of eligible work remaining unpaid after
any federal grant has been applied, whichever is less, except
that, at the discretion of the Board of Public Works, a grant may
exceed 50 percent of the total remaining cost of the conversion
of a public building or the rehabilitation, renovation or
improvement of an existing a center if:

1.  The value of property and improvements made
available by the County local government, or of the existing
center equals or exceeds the amount of the State grant; and

2.   No State funds have been used for the
acquisition, construction, or maintenance of the building to be
converted, rehabilitated, renovated, or improved; and

3.  The State is not responsible for any bonded
indebtedness in connection with the building.

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