Ch. 540

LAWS OF MARYLAND

review, the annual program shall become the basis for total
allocations to each of the local governing bodies within the
limits imposed by the formula developed for the apportionment of
the annual appropriations for Program Open Space. Any municipal
corporation may submit an annual program through its local
governing body. Any program may be revised by the local governing
body and the revised program, after the Department and the
[Department] OFFICE of [State] Planning reviews it, shall be
substituted for the original program.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subsection
(d) of this section and except in Baltimore City, at least one
half of a, local governing body's annual apportionment shall be
used for acquisition projects. Local matching funds are not
required for acquisition projects. If the local governing body is
unable to obtain federal funds pursuant to § 5-906 of this
subtitle, for an approved local acquisition project, the total
cost of the project shall be defrayed out of the local governing
body's annual apportionment of State funds for open space. In
Baltimore City any portion of the annual apportionment may be
used either for acquisition or development.

(2)  A local governing body shall prepare a local
recreation and parks master plan and submit it to the Department
and to the [Department] OFFICE of [State] Planning for joint
approval according to the criteria and goals set forth in the
State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation and Land Preservation Plan
and any revisions thereof. A local governing body shall revise
its local recreation and parks master plan at least triennially
following revisions to the State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation
and Land Preservation Plan and submit the revised local plan to
the Department and to the [Department] OFFICE of [State] Planning
for joint approval.

(3)  Subject to the approval of the Department, a
local governing body may use part of its acquisition funds for
initial or periodic updating of recreation and parks master
plans. The amount that may be used by a subdivision for planning
purposes in the local recreation and parks master plan shall not
exceed $25,000 for any one fiscal year. Local matching funds are
not required for planning or updating the local recreation and
parks master plan.

(4)   If federal funds are provided on any acquisition
project, the State shall provide 100 percent of the difference
between the total project cost and the federal contribution.

5-906.

(b) Every acquisition and development project funded by the
State in whole or in part shall meet needs identified in the
State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation and Land Preservation Plan
prepared and revised triennially by the [Department] OFFICE of

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