Ch. 436

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(i) State funds may be used to acquire an existing
building or part of a building for use as [an Elderly] A SENIOR
Citizen Activities Center, or to plan, design, and construct [an
Elderly] A SENIOR 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] A SENIOR 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] SENIOR 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.

(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] A SENIOR
Citizen Activities Center, the renovation of [an Elderly] A
SENIOR Citizen Activities Center, or the planning, design, and
construction of [an Elderly] A SENIOR 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;

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

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