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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-222" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Food Center Authority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Authority shall apply the proceeds of the bonds for the purposes for which the bonds are authorized.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Authority shall set aside a sufficient amount of the revenues derived from a development or project in a sinking fund or other similar fund at regular intervals to the extent required in the trust agreement or resolution.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The sinking fund is pledged to paying:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the principal of and the interest on the bonds as they become due; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the redemption or purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as specified in the trust agreement or resolution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To the extent provided in the trust agreement or resolution, the Authority may exclude from the amount to be deposited in the sinking fund the revenues that may be necessary or convenient:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to pay for maintenance, repair, and operation of a development or project;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for reserves; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for improvements to a development or project.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The lien of the pledge of revenues under subsection (b) of this section is valid and binding from the time the pledge is made.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The lien of the pledge is valid and binding against each party with a claim against the Authority in tort, contract, or otherwise, regardless of whether the party has notice of the lien.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
