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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-1604" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Make Office Vacancies Extinct Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An applicant shall submit an application for a Program grant on the form that the Secretary requires.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The applicant may submit an application to the Program at the same time the applicant applies for support from a county comparable program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Program shall review the application and all supporting materials in order to evaluate whether the applicant qualifies for a grant from the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the availability of money in the Fund, the Program may provide to an eligible business a grant that equals the amount of the grant that the county comparable program provides to the business.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Program shall provide the grants described under paragraph (1) of this subsection on a first–come, first–served basis.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Program shall coordinate with county comparable programs to evaluate applications and to provide assistance to eligible businesses under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
