Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 7 - Lead Hazard Reduction Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Loan Program
Section 4-704 - Powers of Department

(a)    The Department may establish:
        (1)    loan fees and charges;
        (2)    maximum loan or grant amounts for lead hazard reduction activities; and
        (3)    guidelines that give financing priority to lead hazard reduction activities that include replacing windows containing lead-based paint on friction surfaces.
    (b)    (1)    On application of a political subdivision, the Department may provide money from the Fund allocated to the Grant Program or the Loan Program to the political subdivision to make a grant or loan, on behalf of the Department, to an eligible owner of residential property or a child care center in the political subdivision.
        (2)    The Department may limit the amount of money that a political subdivision may request under paragraph (1) of this subsection.