Ch. 366

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) State funds may be used to acquire an existing
building or part of a building for use as an Elderly Citizen
Activities Center, or to plan, design, and construct an Elderly
Citizen Activities Center, only if the local government and the
Office on Aging certify to the Board of Public Works that no
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) 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 development of the plan, whichever is less.

(iv) For a project other than the development of a
comprehensive master plan, except as provided in subsection
(6)(v), 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.

(v) At the discretion of the Board of Public Works, a
grant for a project other than the development of a comprehensive
master plan 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.

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

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