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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="2-202" title_number="2" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Gifts and Grants">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “block grant” means any federal grant–in–aid that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>contains consolidated funding for 1 or more programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>includes any change in the financing of a program that includes any kind of capped allocations or specific spending targets; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is designated by Congress as a block grant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>It is the policy of the State that the General Assembly and the Governor should consult before the Executive Branch of the State government adopts State policy on block grants.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section is in addition to and not in derogation of any other power or duty of the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section applies to the adoption of State policy to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>participate in a block grant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>set a date on which the State will accept responsibility for a block grant; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>transfer money between block grants.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor shall send, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Legislative Policy Committee each proposal for the adoption of State policy on a block grant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Within 60 days after the Legislative Policy Committee receives the proposal or, if the Committee sets a shorter period, within that period, the Committee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may hold a public hearing on the proposal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may refer the proposal to another committee for review; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for the General Assembly, may send the Governor comments on the proposal.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Governor may act on the proposal only after the expiration of the 60–day period or any shorter period set under subsection (e) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
