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(B)  ASSENT TO ACCEPTANCE.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED BY LAW, AN OFFICER OR
UNIT OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT MAY NOT SPEND ANY MONEY THAT DERIVES
FROM A GIFT UNTIL THE GOVERNOR ASSENTS TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
GIFT.

(C)  USE.

IF THE GOVERNOR ASSENTS TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF A GIFT BY AN
OFFICER OR UNIT, THE OFFICER OR UNIT MAY USE THE GIFT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: Subsection (a) of this section is new
language added to incorporate, in this section, the
definition of "gift" in present Art. 1, § 22 of the
Code. This addition is based on the reference, in
former Art. 1, § 22(b), to "a gift described in
subsection (a)". This addition is necessary in light
of the revision of former Art. 1, § 22(b) as
subsection (b) of this section and in light of the
limiting language in present Art. 1, § 22, which
makes that section applicable only to "a statute that
permits a gift". In light of this addition, in
subsection (c) of this section, the former word
"legacy" is deleted.

Subsections (b) and (c) of this section are new
language derived without substantive change from
former Art. 1, § 22(b) and former Art. 15A, § 5.

In subsection (b) of this section, the
cross-reference, in former Art. 1, § 22(b), to assent
"pursuant to Article 15A, § 5 of the Code" is deleted
as obsolete in light of the revision of former Art. 1,
§ 22(b) and former Art. 15A, § 5 together in this
section.

As to the use of the word "unit", see the General
Revisor's Note to this article.

As to interpretation of former Art. 15A, § 5 not to
encompass grants, see 60 Op. Att'y Gen. 775, 789
(1975) and 58 Op. Att'y Gen. 577, 582 (1973).

2-202. BLOCK GRANTS.

(A) "BLOCK GRANT" DEFINED.

IN THIS SECTION, "BLOCK GRANT" MEANS ANY FEDERAL
GRANT-IN-AID THAT:

(1) CONTAINS CONSOLIDATED FUNDING FOR 1 OR MORE
PROGRAMS; AND