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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-928" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Maryland Housing Rehabilitation Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Migratory labor camp” means one or more structures, buildings, tents, barracks, trailers, vehicles, mobile homes, converted buildings, or unconventional enclosures of living space that are established, operated, or used as living quarters for four or more migratory workers engaged in agricultural activities, including related food processing.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Migratory labor camp” includes appurtenant land.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Migratory Housing Program” means the Migratory Worker Housing Program.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Migratory worker” means an individual from within or outside the State who:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not a year-round employee but moves seasonally from one place to another for work; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>during a period of work, occupies living quarters that are not the individual’s permanent home.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Migratory Worker Housing Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>operate the Migratory Housing Program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make migratory worker housing loans from the Special Loan Programs Fund under this subtitle to a qualified owner of a migratory labor camp to make migratory worker housing safer and more healthful; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to the extent determined by the Secretary, administer the Migratory Housing Program in conjunction with any appropriate federal program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>To the extent applicable, migratory worker housing loans shall satisfy the requirements of § 4-916(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>To qualify for a migratory housing loan, the owner of a migratory labor camp shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>live or have a principal place of business in the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have been denied a loan by a private lending institution or have received a commitment from a private lending institution for less than the amount of money required to finance the necessary health and safety improvements; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>submit to the Department a plan for the necessary health and safety improvements that has been approved by the Department of the Environment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
