# Economic Development (GEC)

## Title 16. Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 16-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Grant Program" means the Purple Line Construction Zone Grant Program.

(c) "Qualified small business" means a sole proprietorship, a partnership, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, a limited liability company, or a corporation that:

  (1) employs 20 or fewer employees;

  (2) is independently owned and operated;

  (3) is not a subsidiary of another business;

  (4) is not dominant in its field of operation; and

  (5) is impacted by the construction of the Purple Line light rail project in Montgomery County and Prince George's County.

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Md. Code Ann., Econ. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)