HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                    1691

surplus school building 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) Except as provided in subsection (5)(iv),
below, a State grant may not exceed $300,000 or 50 percent of the
cost of eligible work remaining unpaid after any federal grant
has been applied, whichever is less;.

(iv) For the development of a comprehensive master
plan for Elderly Citizen Activities Centers in a political
subdivision, a State grant may not exceed $15,000 or 50 percent

of the cost of the development of the plan, whichever is less.

(iv) (v) At the discretion of the Board of Public
Works, a grant may exceed 50 percent of the cost of eligible work
remaining unpaid after any federal grant has been applied, up to

$300,000, if:

1.  The project involves the conversion of a
public building or part of a building to an Elderly Citizen
Activities Center, the renovation of an Elderly Citizen
Activities Center, or the planning, design, and construction of
an Elderly Citizen Activities Center;

2.  The value of real property and improvements
made available by the local government, or the value of the
Center to be renovated, equals or exceeds the amount of the State
grant;

3.  No State funds have been used for the
acquisition, construction, or maintenance of any real property
and improvements made available by the local government or any
building to be converted or renovated; and

4.  The State is not responsible for any bonded
indebtedness in connection with any real property and
improvements made available by the local government or any
building to be converted or renovated.; and

(vi) A grantee who received funds for an eligible
project under previous Acts that authorized Elderly Citizen

Activities Centers Loans may receive a grant under this Act in an
amount equal to the difference between the prior grant and
$300,000, if the project and the grantee meet the criteria set
forth in subsection (4) and this subsection (5); and

(vii) The amount of the State grant for any project
shall be determined after consideration of: