Before the issuance of said certificates of indebtedness, or any part thereof {cf. Ch. 29, Acts of 1951}, the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, by ordinance, shall create a board, body, commission or other agency of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and confer upon such agency full power to administer and supervise the proceeds derived from the sale of the certificates of indebtedness, including, but not limited to, the expenditure and disposition thereof, and to appoint, employ, hire or engage such assistants, aides and employees as may be deemed necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the agency, and, with the approval of the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, to employ or hire, from time to time, by contract, consulting, planning or designing engineers or architects or other persons possessing technical or specialized skills in connection with the duties and powers of the agency; and such agency shall exercise all powers and authority conferred upon it in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore as it is now constituted or as it hereafter may be amended. P.L.L., 1949, §706 1969, §12-1 1948 Sp. Sess., ch. 28

No part of the proceeds of sale of the certificates of indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued {cf. Ch. 29, Acts of 1951} shall be expended until after the Off-Street Parking Commission of Baltimore City has submitted its written recommendation, which shall set forth the purposes for, and the terms and conditions upon, which each particular sum of money is to be expended, to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and such recommendation has been approved by said Board of Estimates. In addition, no part of the proceeds of sale of the certificates of indebtedness hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended for actually constructing, erecting, altering, expanding, enlarging, improving or equipping any building, structure or facility on, under or in any land or property, regardless of who owns or otherwise holds or controls any such land or property, for storing, parking and servicing self-propelled vehicles (as distinguished from funds which are necessary to be expended in connection with the acquisition of land or properly or the preparation of plans or the employment of assistants, aides and employees of the Off-Street Parking Commission of Baltimore City or other matters or things which are usually and generally preliminary to the commencement of actual construction work) until after the municipal corporation, with the approval of its Board of Estimates, shall have entered into a binding contract with a private, public or quasi-public corporation, partnership, association, person or other legal entity secured to the satisfaction of the said Board of Estimates, under the terms of which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore will be reimbursed for at least all expenditures of money made by it in connection with the particular project involved, and for all interest charges paid or to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on all funds borrowed by it and expended in connection with the particular project involved, and for all estimated real estate taxes that the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore will lose as a result of it acquiring any land or property involved in the particular project. Any such contract, after it has been executed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the Mayor of Baltimore City and the corporate seal of the municipality affixed thereto duly attested by the Treasurer of the Municipality {City Finance Director} and approved by the said Board of Estimates, shall constitute a legal and binding obligation of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. In case any construction or improvement be made on, under, in or appurtenant to any land or other property now or hereafter owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the appraised value of said land or other property shall be included and considered as a part of the expenditures of money made by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore in connection with the particular project involved and shall be given full consideration in any such contract entered into by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. P.L.L., 1969, §12-2 1951, ch. 29

The Off-Street Parking Commission of Baltimore City is hereby vested with full power to administer and supervise the proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds {cf. Ch. 212, Acts of 1961}, including, but not limited to, the expenditure and disposition thereof. The Commission may appoint a Secretary who shall perform such duties as may be imposed upon him by ordinance of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore or as may be assigned to him by the Commission, and appoint, employ, hire or engage such assistants, aides and employees as may be deemed necessary for the proper performance of the duties of the Commission. The compensation of said Secretary and other assistants, aides and employees shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and shall be paid as provided in the annual Ordinance of Estimates of said municipality. The Commission, with the prior approval of the Board of Estimates, may employ or hire, from time to time, by contract, consulting, planning or designing engineers or architects or other persons possessing technical or specialized skills in connection with the duties and powers of the Commission. The Commission shall exercise all powers and authority conferred upon it in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore as it is now constituted or as it hereafter may be amended. P.L.L., 1969, §12-3 1961, ch. 212

No part of the proceeds of sale of the bonds hereby authorized to be issued {cf. Ch. 212, Acts of 1961} shall be expended until after the Off-Street Parking Commission of Baltimore City has submitted its written recommendation, which shall set forth the purposes for, and the terms and conditions upon, which each particular sum of money is to be expended, to the Board of Estimates of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and such recommendation has been approved by said Board of Estimates. In addition, no part of the proceeds of sale of the bonds hereby authorized to be issued shall be expended for actually constructing, erecting, altering, expanding, enlarging, improving or equipping any building, structure or facility on, under or in any land or property, regardless of who owns or otherwise holds or controls any such land or property, for storing, parking and servicing self-propelled vehicles (as distinguished from funds which are necessary to be expended in connection with the acquisition of land or property or the preparation of plans or the employment of assistants, aides and employees of the Off-Street Parking Commission of Baltimore City or other matters or things which are usually and generally preliminary to the commencement of actual construction work) until after the municipal corporation, with the approval of its Board of Estimates, shall have entered into a binding contract with a private, public or quasi-public corporation, partnership, association, person or other legal entity secured to the satisfaction of the said Board of Estimates, under the terms of which the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore will be reimbursed for at least all expenditures of money made by it in connection with the particular project involved, and for all interest charges paid or to be paid by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore on all funds borrowed by it and expended in connection with the particular project involved, and for all estimated real estate taxes that the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore will lose as a result of it acquiring any land or property involved in the particular project. Any such contract, after it has been executed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore by the Mayor of Baltimore City and the corporate seal of the municipality affixed thereto duly attested by the Treasurer of the municipality {City Finance Director} and approved by the said Board of Estimates, shall constitute a legal and binding obligation of the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore. In case any land or property now or hereafter owned by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is sold by it to any legal entity for the purpose of establishing and constructing on, under or in said land or property and structure or facility contemplated by the provisions of this Act, then the purchaser of said land or property shall pay to the municipality at least an amount of money equal to the full appraised value of said land or property, and in case any such land or property is leased by the municipality to any legal entity for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, then the lessee shall pay annually to the municipality an amount of money equal to the reasonable rental value of said land or property. In the event any such land or property is sold by the municipality as aforesaid and such land or property is then reconveyed back to the municipality as security for any loan made by the municipality to the purchaser under the provisions of this Act, then such purchaser shall pay annually to the municipality in lieu of taxes a sum of money equal to an amount arrived at by multiplying the assessed valuation of said land or property for the year in which the municipality sells such land or property by the then current tax rate of the municipality. All payments made in lieu of taxes shall be made when real estate taxes of the municipality ordinarily become due and payable. P.L.L., 1969. §12-4 1961, ch. 212