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SECTION 35.11
Grants and technical assistance
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (PAR) CHAPTER 36-B, TITLE G, ARTICLE 35
§ 35.11 Grants and technical assistance. 1. Within the amounts
appropriated and available therefor, the commissioner may award a grant
or grants to local governments or other appropriate entities for
planning, design, acquisition, development and programming of heritage
areas. The sharing limitations under this section shall not apply to any
other state grant program or assistance which may be available to state
designated heritage areas.

2. Planning grants may be made by the commissioner to communities
identified under section 35.03 of this article. Such planning grants to
municipalities will be for the purpose of assisting localities to
prepare management plans and may cover up to fifty percent of the
management plan cost. The state share must be matched by local funds or
approved in-kind contributions.

3. Acquisition and development grants may be made by the commissioner
to local governments or to other entities as authorized following
approval of a management plan for the heritage area for which the grant
will be used. Such grants shall be for the purpose of implementing the
heritage area program in conformance with the approved management plan
and may be used for project design, acquisition and development of real
property and interests therein. No such acquisition or development grant
shall exceed ten percent of the total project cost for which it is
awarded and furthermore, local contributions must equal or exceed such
grants.

3-a. Program grants may also be made by the commissioner to such local
governments or authorized entities to develop and present interpretive
exhibits, materials or other appropriate products in the furtherance of
the educational and recreational objectives of the heritage areas
program and to encourage urban revitalization of, and reinvestment in,
heritage area resources. Program grants may cover up to twenty-five
percent of the estimated project cost, and the state share must be
matched by local funds or other non-state funds.

4. The commissioner may contract with state agencies to provide for
projects, services and programs which encourage appreciation of heritage
area resources or for any planning, transportation, or other services
necessary to carry out the purposes of this title.

5. The commissioner shall, to the extent practicable, provide
technical assistance in areas including recreation and preservation
planning to management entities implementing a management plan.