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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-1013" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2029 PER CHAPTER 403 OF 2026" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="10">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “qualifying nonprofit organization” means an organization that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>provides training and reentry assistance for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>provides training for at least 50 incarcerated or formerly incarcerated individuals per year in automotive repair;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is able to provide an automotive repair certificate from a nationally recognized automotive repair organization to eligible participants; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>demonstrates a minimum of a 50% employment placement rate for eligible participants in a paid automotive repair job.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For fiscal years 2026 through 2029, each year the Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to be used solely as an operating grant to qualifying nonprofit organizations for the purpose of providing training to formerly incarcerated individuals in automotive repair.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall administer the grant funds to qualifying nonprofit organizations in accordance with § 4–1008 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A qualifying nonprofit organization that receives a grant under this section shall submit for each fiscal year the following to the Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>proof of the expenditure of the grant funds and the purposes for which the funds were expended;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the total number of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals who received services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any related outcome–based performance measures.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
