WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 641

located, or (2) if the center is or is to be a regional one, the
counties within the region.

710B.

(a)  The State shall pay 100 percent of the approved
acquisition, construction, and renovation costs, including
architectural services and capital equipment in excess of any
available federal funds, for centers acquired, constructed, or
renovated pursuant to § 710(b), (d), (e), or (f) and in
accordance with this section. The SECRETARY, WITH THE APPROVAL OF
THE Board of Public Works, shall, by regulations ADOPTED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 1 OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE, determine what are approved costs.

(b)  The State shall, in addition, enter into an agreement
with the county or counties to provide a State subsidy to pay all
approved operating costs for centers in excess of any available
federal funds and inmate contributions. The SECRETARY, WITH THE
APPROVAL OF THE Board of Public Works, shall, by regulations
ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 1 OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT ARTICLE, determine what are approved operating costs.
The regulations shall include as approved operating costs all
reasonable operating expenses necessary to insure that the
centers meet the minimum standards adopted by the Secretary. The
State subsidy shall be determined as follows:

(1)  First, the approved operating costs of the center
in excess of available federal funds and contributions for room
and board by the inmates shall be paid by the State.

(2)  This per diem approved cost shall then, on a
daily basis, be divided by the number of inmates then residing in
the center.

(3)  The amount of the State subsidy shall be the per
diem per person approved cost in excess of available federal
funds and inmate contributions times the number of persons
residing in the center each day who, pursuant to § 710C: (i) have
been placed in the center under a sentence of more than 90 days;
or (ii) have been transferred to the center.

(4)  The State subsidy shall be paid at least
quarterly, and more often as determined by the Board of Public
Works.

(c)  The agreement for a State subsidy shall be negotiated
and entered into prior to the commencement of construction or
renovation of a center.

(d)  If a county obtains federal funds specifically
designated to finance programs or staff in excess of the minimum
State standards adopted by the Secretary, it may accept and use

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