Section 4-704 - Designation. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-704. Designation.
 

(a)  In general.- The Secretary may designate an area as an arts and entertainment district only if the area is a contiguous geographic area that is wholly within a priority funding area as provided under § 5-7B-02 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 

(b)  Procedure; limitation.-  

(1) Within 60 days after a submission date, the Secretary may designate one or more arts and entertainment districts from among the areas in the applications timely submitted. 

(2) A county may not receive more than one arts and entertainment district designation in a calendar year. 

(c)  Finality.- The designation of the Secretary is final. 

(d)  Reapplication.- At any time, a political subdivision may reapply to the Secretary to designate as an arts and entertainment district an area that is not so designated. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83A, §§ 4-701(c), 4-702(e); 2008, ch. 306, § 2; 2010, ch. 164.]