Section 6-703 - Purposes.
§ 6-703. Purposes.
The purposes of the Program are:
(1) to encourage and assist eligible foreign-born residents to become naturalized citizens of the United States and active participants in the civic life of Maryland;
(2) to increase the number and proportion of eligible foreign-born residents who become citizens of the United States; and
(3) to encourage foreign-born residents who become citizens to be involved in our democratic institutions.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 145(d); 2007 , ch. 3, § 2.]