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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-121" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Economic Development Corporation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Corporation may secure a bond by a trust agreement between the Corporation and a corporate trustee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A corporate trustee may be any trust company or bank that has the powers of a trust company in or outside the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A corporation or trust company incorporated in the State may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>act as depository of bond proceeds or revenues; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>furnish an indemnity bond or pledge security that the Corporation requires.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The trust agreement or the resolution that provides for the issuance of a bond may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>state the rights and remedies of bondholders and any trustee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contain provisions to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of bondholders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>contain covenants stating the duties of the Corporation as to the custody, safeguarding, and application of money;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>restrict the individual rights of action of bondholders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>provide for the payment of the bond proceeds and revenues to an officer, board, or depository that the Corporation determines with the safeguards and restrictions that the Corporation determines; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>provide for the method of disbursement of the bond proceeds and revenues, with the safeguards and restrictions that the Corporation determines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Expenses incurred in carrying out a trust agreement may be treated as part of the cost of operation of the Corporation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
