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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-554" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Authority may only approve a guaranty or a bond under this part if the Authority determines that the contract, for which a bond is sought to be guaranteed or issued, will have a substantial economic impact.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>To determine the economic impact of a contract, the Authority may consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the amount of the guaranty obligation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the terms of the bond to be guaranteed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the number of new jobs that the contract to be bonded will create; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other factor that the Authority considers relevant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
