Maryland Natural Resources Section 3-2A-05

      (a)      Subject to conditions necessary to carry out the purposes and requirements of this subtitle, the Trust, on application by a land trust, may provide a grant to the applicant from the Grant Fund.

      (b)      The Trust may make a grant to an applicant only if:

            (1)      The applicant meets the qualifications required by this subtitle;

            (2)      The grant is to be used only for the acquisition of interests or rights in real property for recreational or preservation purposes;

            (3)      The Department approves the project as being in conformity with the Department's criteria governing land acquired under a State grant from Program Open Space;

            (4)      The Trustees of the Trust approve the grant; and

            (5)      The Board of Public Works approves the grant.