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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-201" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Food Center Authority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Authority” means the Maryland Food Center Authority.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Bond” means a bond, note, or any other obligation issued under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Center” means the Maryland Food Center.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Costs”, with respect to a development or project, means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the purchase price;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the cost of any property, right, easement, and franchise considered necessary to construct and establish a development or project;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the cost of relocation of wholesale food dealers or tenants under § 10–212 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the cost of labor, materials, and equipment, including expenses of relocating public utility facilities under § 10–210 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>financing charges;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>interest before and during construction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>the cost of revenue and cost estimates, engineering, architectural, and legal services, plans, specifications, surveys, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the construction of a development or project;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>administrative expenses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>other expenses necessary or incident to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the financing of a development or project;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>constructing and establishing a development or project; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>placing a development or project into operation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Development” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Center;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a commercial seafood development; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other multiproject food–related or agriculturally related real estate development that the Authority undertakes to further the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Food” means agricultural and other edible food products and floricultural and horticultural products.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Food” includes the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>butter;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>cheese;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>eggs;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>fruits;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>meats;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>meat products;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>poultry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>seafood; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>vegetables.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Food” may be in packaged or fresh form.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Food” shall be liberally construed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Improve” means to add, alter, construct, equip, expand, extend, improve, install, reconstruct, rehabilitate, remodel, or repair.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Improvement” means addition, alteration, construction, equipping, expansion, extension, improvement, installation, reconstruction, rehabilitation, remodeling, or repair.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Project” means a facility, operation, or portion of a development that the Authority undertakes to further the purposes of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Project” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>a market;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a food handling, processing, storage, or distribution facility; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a commercial seafood facility or operation;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a facility or service ancillary or appurtenant to a development or a project that the Authority determines will enhance the public convenience or attractiveness of the development or project, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a bank;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a parking or other transportation facility;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a restaurant;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>a store; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>any other commercial enterprise;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>land, structures, equipment, furnishings, rail or motor vehicles, barges, and boats in a development or project;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>property and rights in a development or project; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>land and facilities that are functionally related to a development or project.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
