---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 U.S.C. § 15505"
title: "40"
title_heading: "Public Buildings, Property, and Works"
number: "15505"
heading: "Local development districts and organizations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/40/15505"
units:
  - "Subtitle V — Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development"
  - "Chapter 155 — Financial Assistance"
---

# §15505. Local development districts and organizations

- (a) **Grants to Local Development Districts.—** Subject to the requirements of this section, a [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) may make grants to a [local development district](/usc/40/15101.md?p=2) to assist in the payment of development planning and administrative expenses.
- (b) **Conditions for Grants.—**
  - (1) **Maximum amount.—** The amount of a grant awarded under this section may not exceed 80 percent of the administrative and planning expenses of the [local development district](/usc/40/15101.md?p=2) receiving the grant.
  - (2) **Maximum period for state agencies.—** In the case of a State agency certified as a [local development district](/usc/40/15101.md?p=2), a grant may not be awarded to the agency under this section for more than 3 fiscal years.
  - (3) **Local share.—** The contributions of a [local development district](/usc/40/15101.md?p=2) for administrative expenses may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including space, equipment, and services.
- (c) **Duties of Local Development Districts.—** A [local development district](/usc/40/15101.md?p=2) shall—
  - (1) operate as a lead organization serving multicounty areas in the [region](/usc/40/15101.md?p=6) at the local level;
  - (2) assist the [Commission](/usc/40/15101.md?p=1) in carrying out outreach activities for local governments, community development groups, the business community, and the public;
  - (3) serve as a liaison between State and local governments, nonprofit organizations (including community-based groups and educational institutions), the business community, and citizens; and
  - (4) assist the individuals and entities described in [paragraph (3)](#c-3) in identifying, assessing, and facilitating projects and programs to promote the economic development of the [region](/usc/40/15101.md?p=6).

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 110–234, title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 1477, and Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title XIV, § 14217(a)(2), June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 2239.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Pub. L. 110–234 and Pub. L. 110–246 enacted identical sections. Pub. L. 110–234 was repealed by section 4(a) of Pub. L. 110–246.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after June 18, 2008, see section 14217(d) of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 15101 of this title.