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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-417" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Maryland Technology Development Corporation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to subsection (f) of this section, the Corporation shall administer the Program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Program is to support the growth of companies that specialize in regenerative medicine and other advanced manufacturing.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Corporation shall establish:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>eligibility criteria to receive a grant under the Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>grant application procedures and evaluation criteria; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>grant award processes and amounts.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Grant recipients may use grant proceeds only for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the acquisition, renovation, or construction of space for regenerative medicine or other advanced manufacturing;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>infrastructure improvements necessary to support regenerative medicine or other advanced manufacturing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the equipment necessary for regenerative medicine or other advanced manufacturing.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “Fund” means the Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>There is a Maryland Advanced Manufacturing Grant Program Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Corporation shall administer the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>interest earnings; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>The Fund may be used only for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>grants under this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the costs incurred by the Corporation to administer the Program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Corporation shall consult with the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission only on items related to regenerative medicine under the Program, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establishing criteria or procedures specific to regenerative medicine under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adopting regulations regarding regenerative medicine under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Corporation may adopt regulations necessary to carry out this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
