Section 6-706 - Review and approval(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.Added by 2019 Md. Laws, Ch. 732,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2019.