§ 8-106. Powers of community action agency

   (a) Powers. --

   (1) A community action agency may accept and administer:

      (i) financial assistance received under this title;

      (ii) money and contributions from private or local public sources for community action programs;

      (iii) money from State or federal assistance programs under which a public or private nonprofit organization may act as a grantee, contractor, or sponsor of projects suitable for community action programs; and

      (iv) federal money from federal block grants previously designated as antipoverty money, subject to applicable federal law.

   (2) A community action agency may transfer money and delegate responsibility to a subsidiary board, council, or similar agency for projects designed to further community action program objectives.

(b) Policy findings. -- Responsibility for making policy determinations, including the characters, funding, extent, and administration of and budgeting for programs or projects affecting a particular geographic area in a community may be delegated by a community action agency to a subsidiary board, council, or similar agency if the subsidiary body is broadly representative of the area.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 83B, § 12-101(e)(2)(i), (ii), (g); 2005, ch. 26, § 2.