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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="7-1204" title_number="7" title_name="Mass Transit" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Transit–oriented Development Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund may be used by the Department to provide financial assistance to local jurisdictions for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Design plans for a transit–oriented development, provided that the transit–oriented development will be designed to meet equity goals established by the Department;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Public infrastructure improvements within a transit–oriented development; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Gap funding for public or private development within a transit–oriented development.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A private entity, including a nonprofit entity, participating in the development of a transit–oriented development may partner with a local jurisdiction to submit an application for financial assistance under paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sustainable Growth Subcabinet established under § 9–1406 of the State Government Article shall establish eligibility requirements and objective scoring standards for the review of applications for financial assistance.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Sustainable Growth Subcabinet established under § 9–1406 of the State Government Article may establish:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Different eligibility requirements and objective scoring standards for different types of financial assistance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Scoring preferences for applications that demonstrate that the proposed project will:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Enhance access to transit for low–income and minority residents of the local jurisdiction;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Enhance access to transit in areas with affordable housing and a diversity of job and educational opportunities; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Encourage development around underdeveloped and underutilized transit stations in transit–oriented developments.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Publish the eligibility requirements and scoring standards on the Department’s website; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In collaboration with the Department of Housing and Community Development, support recipients of awards from the Fund by supporting any studies, plans, and code changes with technical services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An application for financial assistance shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Commitments from the local jurisdiction to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Establish transit–supportive land use designations for real property within a transit–oriented development; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Implement, where practicable, improvements to the transit–oriented development that promote the complete streets policy adopted in accordance with § 2–112 of this article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a private entity partners with a local jurisdiction to submit an application for financial assistance, commitments from key stakeholders to develop the transit–oriented development; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the application is for a grant to support the design or construction of a proposed enhancement to a transit–oriented development, credible funding strategies that demonstrate full funding of the design or construction costs for the proposed enhancement on award of the grant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
