§6–1202.

    (a)    The General Assembly finds that the State must have Just Communities in order to:

        (1)    affirmatively advance equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity in the State;

        (2)    create opportunities for the improvement of communities that have been historically underserved, with anticipated benefits for the entire State; and

        (3)    right the wrongs of the past, when the State systematically excluded certain groups from equal participation in the benefits of public resources.

    (b)    It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Just Community designation be used to prioritize State funding to increase racial, economic, and health equity in the State.