# Human Services (GHU)

## Title 9. Juvenile Services

### Subtitle 4. Juvenile Services Facilities Capital Program

#### Section 9-406

(a) The State may recover grant funds paid under this subtitle if, within 30 years after completion of a project, the project property:

  (1) is sold or transferred to a person that:

    (i) would not qualify as an applicant under this subtitle; or

    (ii) the Board of Public Works does not approve as a transferee; or

  (2) ceases to be a juvenile facility.

(b) The State may recover from the:

  (1) transferor;

  (2) transferee; or

  (3) owner of a property that has ceased to be a juvenile facility.

(c) The State is entitled to recover the sum of:

  (1) an amount that equals the value of the project property at the time of the recovery multiplied by a fraction:

    (i) the numerator of which is the amount of the State funds for the project; and

    (ii) the denominator of which is the total eligible cost of the project; and

  (2) all costs and reasonable attorney's fees incurred in the recovery proceedings.

(d) The Board of Public Works may waive the State's right of recovery for good cause.

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