1. (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a sustainable community shall receive priority for State funding under the:

   1. (1) Community Legacy Program under this subtitle;
   2. (2) Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program for commercial properties under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article;
   3. (3) Neighborhood Business Development Program under Subtitle 3 of this title;
   4. (4) Maryland Historical Trust Grant Program under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and
   5. (5) African American Heritage Grant Program under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

2. (b) Priority for State funding provided under subsection (a) of this section is available in a sustainable community only if:

   1. (1) a political subdivision issues bonds, notes, or other similar instruments for that sustainable community under:

      1. (i) Title 21, Subtitle 4, Part II of the Local Government Article;
      2. (ii) Title 21, Subtitle 5 of the Local Government Article; or
      3. (iii) Title 12, Subtitle 2 of the Economic Development Article; or
   2. (2) a political subdivision demonstrates to the appropriate unit of State government that the political subdivision has funded infrastructure improvements in that sustainable community.

Added by Acts 2013, c. 624, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.