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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-332" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A local government shall use a grant under this part:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to provide loans or loan guarantees, or to subsidize the interest rate on loans, for financing economic development projects; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to provide loans to small businesses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department may require that money from a grant under this part be returned to the Department if the local economic development fund is inactive for more than 2 years after the grant is made.</text>
  </level>
</section>
