- (a) There is a Community Legacy Program.
- (b) The Department shall administer the Program.
(c) The purposes of the Program are to:
- (1) preserve existing communities as desirable places to live and conduct business to reduce outward pressure for sprawl development; and
- (2) provide financial assistance to sponsors or their designees to develop sustainable community plans or community legacy projects.
- (d) The Program shall encourage partnerships among the federal government, the State government, political subdivisions, and community development organizations to develop and implement sustainable community plans and community legacy projects.
- (e) A sustainable community plan or a community legacy project may be sponsored by a political subdivision, a group of political subdivisions, a community development organization, or a community development financial institution.
Added by Acts 2005, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2005. Amended by Acts 2010, c. 487, § 1, eff. June 1, 2010.