1. A. Subject to §C of this regulation, and except as provided in §B of this regulation, the Trust may provide a grant from the Grant Fund to any eligible grantee for completion of an African American Heritage Preservation Project.

2. B. A grant from the Grant Fund may not be used to assist a project that includes restoration, rehabilitation, or other construction or improvement to a historic property if:

   1. (1) The project does not meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties; or
   2. (2) Any acquisition, rehabilitation, restoration, or other construction or improvement of the property for which grant funds are sought is already under way or completed at the time a grant application is submitted.

3. C. To be eligible for a grant, a project must have as the applicant an eligible grantee who:

   1. (1) Owns the property where the project is located; or
   2. (2) Has a leasehold interest, contract, option, or other written agreement or instrument, acceptable to the Trust, that gives the applicant the legal right to carry out the project on the property.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§5-203, 5A-318, and 5A-330, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: October 4, 2010 (37:20 Md. R. 1396)

Regulation .08D amended effective May 14, 2012 (39:9 Md. R. 612)

Regulations .01—.11 repealed and new Regulations .01—.11 adopted effective February 15, 2016 (43:3 Md. R. 274)

Regulation .02 amended effective December 13, 2021 (48:25 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .03B amended effective December 13, 2021 (48:25 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .04A amended effective December 13, 2021 (48:25 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .06A, B amended effective June 10, 2024 (51:11 Md. R. 580)

Regulation .08 amended effective June 10, 2024 (51:11 Md. R. 580)

Regulation .08D amended effective March 25, 2019 (46:6 Md. R. 347); December 13, 2021 (48:25 Md. R. 1082)

Regulation .09B amended effective June 10, 2024 (51:11 Md. R. 580)