Sec. 34.04.04.02. Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Act" means State Finance and Procurement Article, §§5A-349-5A-359, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.

(2) "Archival material" means documentary material, either public or private, in any form including paper, microform, computerized record, film, or other comparable medium.

(3) "Board of Trustees" or "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Historical Trust.

(4) "Code" means the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.

(5) "County" means any of the 23 counties of the State and the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.

(6) "Department" means the Department of Planning.

(7) "Director" means the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust.

(8) "Eligible activity" or "eligible activities" means one or more of the activities set forth in Regulation .05 of this chapter.

(9) "Fiscal year" means the fiscal year of the State.

(10) "Grant" means an award of financial assistance under the Program from the MHT Grant Fund.

(11) "Grant documents" means the grant agreement and other documents between the grantee and the Trust which evidence the terms and conditions of the grant.

(12) "Grantee" means the recipient of a grant.

(13) "Local jurisdiction" means any county or municipality, and a duly authorized agency or instrumentality of the county or municipality.

(14) "MHT Grant Fund" or "Fund" means the Historic Preservation and Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Grant Fund of the Trust created under State Finance and Procurement Article, §5A-328, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(15) "Minor structural modifications" means alterations or modifications to existing buildings, structures, or other physical facilities that are consistent with the purposes of the Act.

(16) "Municipality" means a municipal corporation in Maryland subject to the provisions of Article XI-E of the Maryland Constitution.

(17) Museum.

(a) "Museum" means a facility in the State that:

(i) Is organized and operated on a nonprofit basis for essentially educational or preservation purposes;

(ii) Owns or uses tangible inanimate objects;

(iii) Is organized for the care of the objects in §B(17)(a)(ii) of this regulation and exhibits them to the public on a regular schedule; and

(iv) Interprets the State's cultural heritage or the State's history, natural history, or history of science and technology.

(b) "Museum" includes a facility that is one of several facilities that meet the requirements of §B(17)(a) of this regulation and are owned or administered at least in part by the same nonprofit organization or local jurisdiction, if that facility and the other facilities owned or administered by the same nonprofit organization or local jurisdiction have separate space facilities, collections, budgets, paid or unpaid professional staffs, and programmatic advisory committees or boards.

(18) "Museum operated by the State" means a museum whose:

(a) Employees are State personnel, as defined in State Government Article, §12-101(1), Annotated Code of Maryland; and

(b) Operating costs are funded in whole or in part by State appropriations.

(19) "Nonprofit organization" means a corporation, foundation, or other legal entity, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual holding an interest in that entity.

(20) "Operating support" means necessary administrative, technical, and professional services and related expenses.

(21) "Program" means the Historical and Cultural Museum Assistance Program of the Trust established by the Act.

(22) "Review panel" means the Museum Assistance Review Panel appointed by the Secretary under the Act and these regulations.

(23) "Routine administrative overhead expenses" means all operating costs except those incurred directly for an eligible activity.

(24) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Planning.

(25) "Trust" means the Maryland Historical Trust, an instrumentality of the State as part of the Department.