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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 34.04.04.02" title_num="34" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="04" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Act” means State Finance and Procurement Article, §§5A-349—5A-359, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Archival material” means documentary material, either public or private, in any form including paper, microform, computerized record, film, or other comparable medium.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Board of Trustees” or “Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Historical Trust.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Code” means the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“County” means any of the 23 counties of the State and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Department” means the Department of Planning.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Director” means the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Eligible activity” or “eligible activities” means one or more of the activities set forth in Regulation .05 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“Fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the State.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Grant” means an award of financial assistance under the Program from the MHT Grant Fund.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Grant documents” means the grant agreement and other documents between the grantee and the Trust which evidence the terms and conditions of the grant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Grantee” means the recipient of a grant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Local jurisdiction” means any county or municipality, and a duly authorized agency or instrumentality of the county or municipality.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“MHT Grant Fund” or “Fund” means the Historic Preservation and Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Grant Fund of the Trust created under State Finance and Procurement Article, §5A-328, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Minor structural modifications” means alterations or modifications to existing buildings, structures, or other physical facilities that are consistent with the purposes of the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Municipality” means a municipal corporation in Maryland subject to the provisions of Article XI-E of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>Museum.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Museum” means a facility in the State that:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Is organized and operated on a nonprofit basis for essentially educational or preservation purposes;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Owns or uses tangible inanimate objects;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Is organized for the care of the objects in §B(17)(a)(ii) of this regulation and exhibits them to the public on a regular schedule; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Interprets the State's cultural heritage or the State's history, natural history, or history of science and technology.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Museum” includes a facility that is one of several facilities that meet the requirements of §B(17)(a) of this regulation and are owned or administered at least in part by the same nonprofit organization or local jurisdiction, if that facility and the other facilities owned or administered by the same nonprofit organization or local jurisdiction have separate space facilities, collections, budgets, paid or unpaid professional staffs, and programmatic advisory committees or boards.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(18)">
      <text>“Museum operated by the State” means a museum whose:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Employees are State personnel, as defined in State Government Article, §12-101(1), Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Operating costs are funded in whole or in part by State appropriations.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(19)">
      <text>“Nonprofit organization” means a corporation, foundation, or other legal entity, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual holding an interest in that entity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(20)">
      <text>“Operating support” means necessary administrative, technical, and professional services and related expenses.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(21)">
      <text>“Program” means the Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program of the Trust established by the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(22)">
      <text>“Review panel” means the Museum Assistance Review Panel appointed by the Secretary under the Act and these regulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(23)">
      <text>“Routine administrative overhead expenses” means all operating costs except those incurred directly for an eligible activity.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(24)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Planning.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(25)">
      <text>“Trust” means the Maryland Historical Trust, an instrumentality of the State as part of the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>