<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="10-876" title_number="10" title_name="Statewide Development Resources and Revenue Authorities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Maryland Clean Energy Center">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Loans from the Fund may be used for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the costs of implementing projects, including the costs of all necessary:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>technical assessments;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>studies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>surveys;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>plans and specifications; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>start–up, architectural, engineering, or other special services;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the costs of procuring necessary technology, equipment, licenses, or materials; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the costs of construction, rehabilitation, or modification, including the purchase and installation of any necessary machinery, equipment, or furnishings.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each borrower shall make a contribution to a project that is of a type and amount acceptable to the Center.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A borrower other than a State agency must document that the anticipated energy cost savings to the borrower over a defined period according to a methodology acceptable to the Center after the completion of the project are greater than the total cost of the project to the borrower.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Loans made under the Program to a borrower other than a State agency shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>be repayable by the borrower from specified revenues that may include the energy cost savings generated by a project;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>bear interest at a rate that the Center determines to be necessary and reasonable for the project; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>be repayable in accordance with a schedule that the Center sets, which may be on a deferred payment basis.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A borrower other than a State agency shall provide assurances for the repayment of a loan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The assurances:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall include a promissory note; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may include superior or subordinate mortgage liens, guarantees of repayment, or other forms of collateral.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Loans may be made in conjunction with, or in addition to, financial assistance provided through other State or federal programs.</text>
  </level>
</section>
