Sec. 34.04.09.03. Definitions

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

B. Terms Defined.

(1) “Acquisition” means the act or process of acquiring fee title or an interest other than fee title to historic property, including the purchase or acquisition of preservation easements, leasehold estates subject to ground rents, development rights, or remainder interests.

(2) “Act” means State Finance and Procurement Article, §5A-330, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended.

(3) “African American Heritage Preservation Project” or “project” means a capital project that:

(a) Preserves a building, site, or community of historical or cultural importance to the African American experience in Maryland;

(b) Is for the acquisition, construction, or improvement of land or buildings; and

(c) Has an expected useful life of at least 15 years.

(4) “Board of Trustees” or “Trustees” means the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Historical Trust.

(5) “Business entity” means a corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or other legally organized entity.

(6) “Commission” means the Commission on African American History and Culture.

(7) “Construction or improvement” means:

(a) Planning, design, engineering, alteration, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, expansion, extension, improvement, replacement, rehabilitation, renovation, upgrading, repair, or capital equipping; and

(b) Includes archeology and other predevelopment costs necessary for preparation of plans, designs, or engineering.

(8) “County” means any of the 23 counties of the State or the City of Baltimore.

(9) “Department” means the Maryland Department of Planning.

(10) “Director” means the Director of the Maryland Historical Trust.

(11) “Grant” means an award of financial assistance from the Grant Fund.

(12) “Grant documents” means the grant agreement and other documents between a grantee and the Trust which establish the terms and conditions of a grant.

(13) “Grant Fund” means the African American Heritage Preservation Grant Fund of the Trust as established by the Act.

(14) “Grantee” means the recipient of a grant.

(15) “Historic property” means a district, site, building, structure, monument, or object significant in the prehistory, history, upland and underwater archaeology, architecture, engineering, and culture of the State, which is listed in or is eligible for listing in the Maryland Register of Historic Properties.

(16) “Maryland Register of Historic Properties” means the register of historic properties in Maryland which is established by the Trust under State Finance and Procurement Article, §5A-323, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(17) “Municipality” means a municipal corporation in Maryland that is subject to the provisions of Article XI-E of the Maryland Constitution.

(18) “Nonprofit organization” means a corporation, foundation, governmental entity, 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 such entity.

(19) “Political subdivision” means any county or municipality and any duly authorized agency or instrumentality of a county or municipality.

(20) “Program” means the African American Heritage Preservation Program of the Trust established by the Act.

(21) “Rehabilitation” means the act or process of returning an historic property to a state of utility through repair or alteration which makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions or features which are significant to its historical and cultural values.

(22) “Restoration” means the act or process of applying measures to sustain the existing form, integrity, and material of an historic property or of accurately recovering the form and details of an historic property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of later work or by the replacement of missing earlier work.

(23) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Planning.

(24) “Trust” means the Maryland Historical Trust, an agency within the Division of Historical and Cultural Programs of the Department.