Ch. 461                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

on approval by the Board of Public Works, for the following
public purposes, including any applicable architects' and
engineers' fees: for State grants to qualified applicants for the
construction, acquisition, renovation, and equipping of community
mental health facilities, addiction facilities,- and developmental
disabilities facilities, including reports, plans,
specifications, site improvements, surveys, and programs in
connection therewith.

(4) (a) For purposes of this Act, the following terms have
the meanings indicated.

(b)   "Department" means the Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene.

(c)  "Facility" means:

(i) A public community mental health facility,
addiction facility, or developmental disabilities facility that
is wholly owned by and operated under the authority of a county
or a municipal corporation, or both; or

(ii) A nonprofit community mental health
facility, addiction facility, or developmental disabilities
facility that is wholly owned by and operated under the authority
of a nonprofit organization.

(d)  "Nonprofit organization" means:

(i) A bona fide religious organization, no part
of the earnings of which inures to the benefit of any individual
or is used for any purpose other than the maintenance and
operation of the facility, the purchase of equipment to be used
in the facility, or the expansion of the facility; or

(ii) An organization:

1.  That is chartered as a nonprofit
corporation and classified by the Internal Revenue Service as
nonprofit; and

2.  No part of the earnings of which
inures to the benefit of any individual or is used for any
purpose other than the maintenance and operation of the facility,
the purchase of equipment to be used in the facility, or the
expansion of the facility.

(5) Any public or other nonprofit entity sponsoring a
project involving the construction, acquisition, renovation, or
equipping of a facility in this State may apply to the Department
for a State grant to be applied toward the cost of that project.
The application shall be directed to the Secretary of Health and
Mental Hygiene, on On approval of a project and the project

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