(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a sustainable community shall receive priority for State funding under the:

(1) Community Legacy Program under this subtitle;

(2) Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program for commercial properties under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article;

(3) Neighborhood Business Development Program under Subtitle 3 of this title;

(4) Maryland Historical Trust Grant Program under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and

(5) African American Heritage Grant Program under Title 5A, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

(b) Priority for State funding provided under subsection (a) of this section is available in a sustainable community only if:

(1) a political subdivision issues bonds, notes, or other similar instruments for that sustainable community under:

(i) Title 21, Subtitle 4, Part II of the Local Government Article;

(ii) Title 21, Subtitle 5 of the Local Government Article; or

(iii) Title 12, Subtitle 2 of the Economic Development Article; or

(2) a political subdivision demonstrates to the appropriate unit of State government that the political subdivision has funded infrastructure improvements in that sustainable community.