Section 4-914 - Administration of county rehabilitation programs. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-914. Administration of county rehabilitation programs.
 

(a)  In general.- If the Department certifies a political subdivision as capable of administering a local rehabilitation program, the political subdivision may originate and administer Program loans under regulations of the Department. 

(b)  Standards to determine capability of staff.-  

(1) By regulation, the Department shall establish standards for determining the capability of a political subdivision to administer a local rehabilitation program. 

(2) The standards shall include provisions on: 

(i) the size, training, and experience of the professional staff that would administer the Program; and 

(ii) the capability of the professional staff to: 

1. determine rehabilitation needs; 

2. establish rehabilitation programs; 

3. evaluate applications for Program loans; and 

4. monitor Program loans and the rehabilitation work done with them. 

(c)  Program loan origination and administration by Department.- If the Department determines that a political subdivision cannot or does not want to administer a local rehabilitation program, the Department may originate and administer Program loans from the allocation or suballocation to that political subdivision. 

(d)  Training and support.- The Department may: 

(1) help train employees of political subdivisions to administer local rehabilitation programs under the standards that the Department sets; and 

(2) provide political subdivisions advice and technical assistance on the administration of their local rehabilitation programs, including loan packaging, contractor and bid selection, zoning, marketing, engineering, and related services. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 83B, §§ 2-302(v), 2-303(d), (e); 2005, ch. 26, § 2; 2006, ch. 118, § 2.]