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PUBLIC LAW 93-29-MAY 3, 1973
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STAT.
"TITLE V—MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS " P A R T A—ACQUISITION, ALTERATIOX, OR RENOVATION or MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR CENTERS a.GRANTS
Limitation.
"Multipurpose senior center. "
AUTHORIZED
"SEC. 501. (a) I n order to provide a focal point in communities for the development and delivery of social services and nutritional services designed primarily for older persons, the Commissioner may make grants to units of general purpose local government or other public or nonprofit private agencies or organizations and may make contracts with any agency or organization to pay not to exceed 75 per centum of the cost of acquiring, altering, or renovating existing facilities to serve as multipurpose senior centers (including the initial equipment of such facilities). Facilities assisted by grants or contracts under this part shall be in close proximity to the majority of individuals eligible to use the multipurpose senior center, and within walking distance where possible. " (b) The total payments made pursuant to grants or contracts under this section in any State for any fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the total amount appropriated for the year for the purposes of carrying out this part, "(c) The term 'multipurpose senior center' means a community facility for the organization and pi-ovision of a broad spectrum of services (including provision of health, social, and educational services and provision of facilities for recreational activities) for older persons. REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL O F APPLICATION S
82 Stat. 718. 42 USC 4 1 5 1.
49 Stat. 1011.
"SEC. 502. (a) A grant or contract for purchase under this)>art may be made only if the application therefor is approved by the Commissioner u))on his determination that— "(1) the application contains or is supported by reasonable assurances that (A) for not less than ten yearS after purchase, the facility will be used for the purposes foi- which it is to be purchased, (1^) sufficient funds will be available to meet the nonFederal share of the cost of purchase of the facility. (C) sufficient funds will be available, when purchase is comi)]eted, for elective use of the facility for the purpose for which it is being purchased, and (I)) the facility Avill not be used and is not intended to be used for sectarian instruction or as a place for religious worship; "(2) the application contains or is snooorti^d by reasom^ble assurances that there are no existing facilities in the community suitable for leasing as a multipurpose senior center; "(3) the plans and Specificatious are in accordance with regulations relating to minimum standards of construction and equipment (promulgated with particular emphasis on securing compliance with the requirements of the Architectural Bari-iers Act of 19()8 (Public Law 90-480)); and "(4) the ap)>lication contains or is supported by adequate assurance that any laborer oi- mechanic employed by any contiaetors or subcontractors in the))erforinance of work on the facility will be Daid wages at rates not less than those prevailing for similar work in the locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance with the Davis-Bacon.Vet, as amended (40 T'.S.C. 27()a276a5). The Secretary of Labor shall have, with respect to the labor standards specified in this para<rraph. the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950
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