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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-703" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="7">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Executive Director shall establish procedures for agencies to apply for money from the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An agency that applies for money from the Fund shall provide the Executive Director with:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a description of the activities and functions of the community program for which the money is requested;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the eligibility requirements for participation in the community program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the number of participants in the community program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other information that the Executive Director considers necessary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Executive Director shall make grants from the Fund to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>local law enforcement agencies to support community programs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>agencies of a local government to support violence intervention programs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of each grant shall be in proportion to the number of agencies that apply for money from the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The agency shall submit to the Executive Director proof of expenditures of the grant for the community program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Money distributed under this subtitle shall be used to supplement and not supplant any other funding for a community program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy and the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission shall provide technical assistance to agencies in applying for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>money from the Fund; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>other federal, State, or private grants for community programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
