Maryland Code, HUMAN SERVICES 9-406

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Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
state: means :

(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

(2) the District of Columbia. See

(a) The State may recover grant funds paid under this subtitle if, within 30 years after completion of a project, the project property:

(1) is sold or transferred to a person that:

(i) would not qualify as an applicant under this subtitle; or

(ii) the Board of Public Works does not approve as a transferee; or

(2) ceases to be a juvenile facility.

(b) The State may recover from the:

(1) transferor;

(2) transferee; or

(3) owner of a property that has ceased to be a juvenile facility.

(1) an amount that equals the value of the project property at the time of the recovery multiplied by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which is the amount of the State funds for the project; and

(ii) the denominator of which is the total eligible cost of the project; and

(2) all costs and reasonable attorney’s fees incurred in the recovery proceedings.

(d) The Board of Public Works may waive the State’s right of recovery for good cause.