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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-16 Long-term debt.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-16" heading="Long-term debt.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any borrowing by the Authority that is intended to survive beyond the next date for renewal of the District (“Long-Term Debt”) is subject to the following conditions.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Maximum amount.">
      <para num="(1)">The aggregate amount of Long-Term Debt outstanding at any one time may not exceed $2,000,000.</para>
      <para num="(2)">No Financing Plan may be submitted and no Long-Term Debt may be approved if the current and projected payments for the sum of (i) debt service on the Long-Term Debt and (ii) any other debt having a maturity in excess of 1 year, in any year exceed 10% of the revenues of the Authority.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Required Financing Plan.">
      <para num="(1)">No Long-Term Debt may be issued by the Authority until after a Financing Plan has been presented for review and approval by the Board, the Department of Finance of the City, and the Board of Estimates of the City.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Each Financing Plan shall provide information on:<para num="(i)">the use of the proceeds of the Long-Term Debt;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the anticipated term of the obligations;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the annual maximum debt service anticipated for the Long-Term Debt; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the means by which the Long-Term Debt will be retired if a terminating event described in § 1-20 occurs.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">In addition, the Plan shall consider the operation and maintenance costs of any improvements funded with the Long-Term Debt and the means by which those expenses will be paid.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Public hearing.">Before submitting a Financing Plan for approval under subsection (c) above, the Authority shall, after notice to all taxpayers in the District, hold a public hearing at which the Plan is presented.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Limitation on sales.">No Long-Term Debt may be issued and sold to the general public or to other than institutional investors, lending institutions, and other sophisticated purchasers of debt obligations.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Capital projects.">Capital projects for which both City funds and Long-Term Debt proceeds are to be used must be approved in accordance with applicable requirements, including, but not limited to, approval in the Capital Budget and the Ordinance of Estimates.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 96-093</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
