2013 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
§ 3-2A-07 - Considerations and prerequisites for grants

(a) Considerations. -- In making grants under this subtitle, the Trust shall give consideration to:

(1) The amount of funds contributed to the project by the land trust as a match against the grant;

(2) The amount of funds contributed to the project by parties other than the land trust or the Trust;

(3) The natural resource, open space, or recreational value of the project;

(4) Geographic distribution;

(5) The degree of development pressure in the area; and

(6) Whether the grant will be reimbursed to the Land Trust Grant Fund, as provided by § 3-2A-08 of this subtitle.

(b) Prerequisites to making grant. -- The Trust may not make a grant under this subtitle to a land trust unless the land trust:

(1) Contributes an amount not less than 15% of the amount of the grant as a match; or

(2) Agrees to resell the property to the Department or a local governing body as provided by § 5-903 or § 5-905 of this article.