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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 14.29.03.06" title_num="14" subtitle_num="29" chapter_num="03" heading="Grant Limitations, Terms, and Conditions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Limitations. The amount of a grant may not:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the proposed activity, as evidenced by contractor bids, proposals, or other good faith estimates or budgets provided by the applicant; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Fall outside the minimum or maximum grant amounts established by the Authority.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Matching Requirements. A grantee shall make a matching contribution to an activity funded by a grant:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In an amount not less than the amount of the grant;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>That consists of either cash, an equivalent dollar value of in-kind contributions, or a combination thereof; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>That is from sources and is in substance, form, and amount acceptable to the Authority.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Grant Agreement.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>No funds shall be disbursed from the Fund to a grantee unless the grantee has first executed a grant agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Authority.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A grant agreement shall establish all terms and conditions of the grant, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The amount of the grant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The matching contribution requirements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A scope of work for the activity funded by the grant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>A budget for the activity funded by the grant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>A grant disbursement schedule;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Special conditions on grant disbursement as may be required by the Authority;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>A project timeline and deadlines for expenditures of grant funds;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(h)">
        <text>Insurance requirements, as may be applicable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(i)">
        <text>Historic preservation requirements, as may be applicable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(j)">
        <text>Reporting requirements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(k)">
        <text>Defaults and remedies; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(l)">
        <text>Other terms and conditions as may be required by the Authority.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For a capital project funded by a grant that will affect property that is listed or eligible for listing on the Maryland Register of Historic Properties, the grant agreement shall provide that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The plans and specifications for the project must be reviewed and approved by the Trust prior to the grantee undertaking any work specified in the grant agreement;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>All aspects of the project must conform to historic preservation standards established or applied by the Trust, including, but not limited to, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The grantee must permit staff from the Trust to inspect ongoing construction to ensure that the grantee is undertaking the project in conformance with the applicable historic preservations standards and requirements; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>If required by the Trust, the grantee shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Convey or cause to be conveyed to the Trust for recording in the applicable land records a deed of easement, in form, substance, and duration satisfactory to the Director of the Trust, for preservation of the historic real property and the improvements and the settings thereon affected by the project; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Enter into an agreement with the Trust, or cause an agreement with the Trust, that obligates preservation and maintenance of the historic property affected by the project, in form, substance, and duration satisfactory to the Director of the Trust.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>