(a)The Department shall:
(1)review each application submitted under § 6–705 of this subtitle and may request additional information from the applicant;
(2)accept public input on each application; and
(3)consider the recommendation of any State unit.
(b)(1) The Department may not approve an application until the Department has provided written notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the political subdivision where the proposed community enhancement project is located.
(2)If the application affects a neighborhood entirely within a municipal corporation, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the municipal corporation and not the surrounding county.
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(a) The Department shall:
(1) review each application submitted under § 6–705 of this subtitle and may request additional information from the applicant;
(2) accept public input on each application; and
(3) consider the recommendation of any State unit.
(b) (1) The Department may not approve an application until the Department has provided written notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the political subdivision where the proposed community enhancement project is located.
(2) If the application affects a neighborhood entirely within a municipal corporation, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to the municipal corporation and not the surrounding county.
(3) If an application affects a neighborhood within more than one political subdivision, the Department must provide notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment to each political subdivision.
(c) The Secretary shall, subject to subsection (b) of this section, award financial assistance to an applicant:
(1) in the amount and of the type that the Secretary determines; and
(2) under the terms of a Program agreement.