<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section number="10-303" name="Purposes of the Fund" law="code" slug="sec-10-303" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10FITA_DIV20LOWAPRREFU_S10-303PUFU">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund shall be used for the following purposes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Capital improvements for stormwater management, including stream and wetland restoration projects;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Operation and maintenance of stormwater management systems and facilities;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Public education and outreach relating to stormwater management or stream and wetland restoration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Stormwater management planning, including:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Mapping and assessment of impervious surfaces; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Monitoring, inspection, and enforcement activities to carry out the purposes of the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>To the extent that fees imposed under Section 4-204, Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, are deposited into the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund, review of stormwater management plans and permit applications for new development;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Grants to nonprofit organizations for up to 100% of a project's costs for watershed restoration and rehabilitation projects relating to:</text>
      <level label="A">
        <text>Planning, design, and construction of stormwater management practices;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="B">
        <text>Stream and wetland restoration; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="C">
        <text>Public education and outreach related to stormwater management or stream and wetland restoration; provided that County-based businesses, as defined in Section 10A-101(a)(13), shall be utilized for watershed restoration and rehabilitation projects by nonprofit organizations receiving grants from the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund, except where the Director of Central Services determines in writing that insufficient local business capacity exists for a particular good or service;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Reasonable costs necessary to administer the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The County may use the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund as an Environmental Fund, and may deposit to and expend from the Fund additional money made available from other sources and dedicated to environmental uses, provided that the funds received from the Clean Water Act Fee are expended only for purposes authorized under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Money in the Local Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund shall not revert or be transferred to the general fund.</text>
  </level>
</section>
