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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 972
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Subtitle 7. [Maryland Industrial Land Act.] SMART GROWTH ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.
[5-719.] 5-701.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Fund" means the Smart Growth Economic Development
Infrastructure Fund established under subsection (b) of this section.
(3) "Qualified distressed county" means a county, including Baltimore
City, that has developed in consultation with the municipal corporations located
within the county and submitted to the Secretary a local strategic plan for economic
development that has been approved by the Secretary and:
(i) For which the average rate of unemployment for the most
recent 18-month period for which data are available is greater than 150% of the
average rate of unemployment for the entire State during that same period; or
(ii) For which the average per capita personal income for the most
recent 24-month period for which data are available is equal to or less than 67% of
the average personal per capita income for the entire State during that same period.
(b) (1) There is a Smart Growth Economic Development Infrastructure
Fund.
(2) The Fund consists of:
(i) Appropriations to the Fund;
(ii) Any investment earnings of the Fund;
(iii) Moneys received in payment of interest and repayment of
principal for loans provided from the Fund; and
(iv) Moneys made available to the Fund from any other source.
(3) The Fund shall be administered by the Secretary and shall be used
exclusively for the purpose of providing financial assistance in the manner provided
under subsection (c) of this section to qualified distressed counties, or to the Maryland
Economic Development Corporation for projects located in qualified distressed
counties, under this section.
(4) The Secretary may not transfer funds from the Fund to any of the
various accounts within the Department or subject to its control.
(5) The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund which is not subject to §
7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary may
approve financial assistance from the Fund to a qualified distressed county for the
purposes of financing the costs of acquisition, improvements, and rehabilitation of
land for industrial sites and parks, development of water and sewer lines, shell
buildings, infrastructure serving existing retail and office oriented centers occupying
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