2013 Maryland Code
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
§ 6-206 - Action on application [Effective until October 1, 2013].

§6-206.

(a) The Department shall:

(1) review each application and may request more information from the sponsor;

(2) accept public input on each application;

(3) submit each application to appropriate State units and appropriate members of the Smart Growth Subcabinet;

(4) consider any recommendation a State unit or member of the Smart Growth Subcabinet makes;

(5) consider geographic balance when reviewing applications; and

(6) give priority in awarding financial assistance to applicants that are likely to repay the financial assistance to a community development financial institution or to the Community Legacy Financial Assistance Fund.

(b) (1) The Department may not approve an application unless the political subdivision in which the proposed project is located approves the application by resolution.

(2) If an application affects a sustainable community entirely within a municipal corporation, the approval must come from the municipal corporation rather than the surrounding county.

(3) If an application affects a sustainable community within more than one political subdivision, each political subdivision must approve it by resolution.

(c) The Secretary shall award financial assistance to a sponsor or a sponsor’s designee:

(1) in the amount and of the type that the Secretary determines; and

(2) under the terms of a community legacy agreement.

§ 6-206 - Action on application [Effective October 1, 2013].

(a) Duties of Department. -- The Department shall:

(1) review each application and may request more information from the sponsor;

(2) accept public input on each application;

(3) submit each application to appropriate State units and appropriate members of the Smart Growth Subcabinet;

(4) consider any recommendation a State unit or member of the Smart Growth Subcabinet makes;

(5) consider geographic balance when reviewing applications; and

(6) give priority in awarding financial assistance to applicants that are likely to repay the financial assistance to a community development financial institution or to the Community Legacy Financial Assistance Fund.

(b) Approval of political subdivision. --

(1) The Department may not approve an application unless the political subdivision in which the proposed project is located approves the application by:

(i) resolution; or

(ii) letter, delivered to the Department by the political subdivision's authorized designee, expressing support for the plan or project.

(2) If an application affects a sustainable community entirely within a municipal corporation, the approval must come from the municipal corporation rather than the surrounding county.

(3) If an application affects a sustainable community within more than one political subdivision, each political subdivision must approve it by:

(i) resolution; or

(ii) letter, delivered to the Department by the political subdivision's authorized designee, expressing support for the plan or project.

(c) The Secretary shall award financial assistance to a sponsor or a sponsor's designee:

(1) in the amount and of the type that the Secretary determines; and

(2) under the terms of a community legacy agreement.