Ch. 432                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     (i) By the first of July each year, a participating local governing
body shall submit an annual program of proposed acquisition and development
projects, together with a list of projects submitted by any municipal corporation to the
local governing body and not included in the local governing body's annual program,
to the Department of Planning for review and to the Department for approval.

(ii) A municipal corporation may submit an annual program
through its local governing body.

(3)     (i) Upon review by the Department of Planning and approval by the
Department and the Board of Public Works, THE ALLOCATED FUNDS SHALL BE
ENCUMBERED FOR THE PURPOSES OF §§ 7-305(D)(3) AND 8-128(C) OF THE
STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, AND the annual program shall
become the basis for a grant agreement for the total allocation to each of the local
governing bodies.

(ii) Prior to approval of a local annual program, or any revision
thereof, the Department shall provide the legislators from the district within which
any part of the local jurisdiction is located the opportunity to review and comment on
the annual program or its revisions.

(4)     Any program may be revised by the local governing body and the
revised program, after the Department of Planning reviews and the Department
approves it, shall be substituted for the original program in the grant agreement.

(5)     (i) In accordance with the Department's regulations, upon receipt of
evidence from the local governing body of a county or municipal corporation that funds
have been spent on a project that is approved in the grant agreement, the Department
shall cause the requested amount of funds from the local governing body's allocation to
be reimbursed to the local governing body.

(ii) Any municipal corporation may submit evidence of expenditures
for approved projects through its local governing body to the Department.

8-1103.

(a) (1) There is an Ocean Beach Replenishment Fund, consisting of moneys
appropriated for that purpose in the State budget or in any bond enabling act and any
money contributed by local jurisdictions in accordance with this section.

(2)     The Fund shall be maintained for the purposes stated in this section,
and unspent portions of any appropriations to the Fund shall remain in the Fund and
may not revert to the General Fund AND ANY PROJECT OR PROGRAM FUNDED
UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF §§
7-305(D)(3) AND 8-128(C) OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT
ARTICLE.

(3)     Any interest earned by the State on any funds contributed by local
jurisdictions shall:

(i) Accrue to the Fund; and
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