Section 6-506 - Application review process; financial assistance to applicants(a) The Department shall: (1) review each application submitted under § 6-505 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 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.Added by 2016 Md. Laws, Ch. 29,Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2016.