(a)
- (1) A State grant may be used only to plan, design, construct, convert, acquire, renovate, and equip a juvenile facility, including related reports, plans, specifications, site improvements, surveys, and programs.
- (2) Any available federal or other grant shall be applied first to the cost of planning, design, construction, conversion, acquisition, renovation, or equipping of a juvenile facility.
- (3) A State grant may not exceed 50% of the cost of eligible work remaining unpaid after all federal and other grants have been applied.
(b)
(1) A State grant may not be used:
- (i) to further sectarian religious instruction;
- (ii) in connection with the design, acquisition, or construction of a building used or to be used as a place of sectarian religious worship or instruction; or
- (iii) in connection with a program or department of divinity for a religious denomination.
- (2) On request of the Board of Public Works, an applicant shall submit evidence satisfactory to the Board that a grant is not being used and has not been used for a purpose prohibited under this section.
Added by Acts 2007, c. 3, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.