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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="5-308" title_number="5" title_name="Financing" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Aid for School Construction">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of Title 10, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, the State may not require reimbursement of debt service from a county for a school that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Was initially constructed on or before February 1, 1971;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is no longer used for a purpose that is eligible for State funding for public school construction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Has had title transferred to a county government; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Is being used for local governmental purposes other than public education; provided, however, that if a former school building is sold by a county government the State shall be reimbursed for outstanding debt service, and if more than 10 percent of usable space within a former school is rented for an amount exceeding the cost of operating and maintaining such space, such rental profit shall be used toward retiring outstanding bonded indebtedness.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, this State shall require reimbursement of outstanding debt service from a county for a school that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Was constructed under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Was initially constructed or substantially altered by additions, alterations, or renovations and the cost of the construction at the time of execution exceeded $100,000 and the work was accomplished after February 1, 1971;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is no longer used for a purpose that is eligible for State funding for public school construction;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Has had title transferred to a county government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Is being used for local governmental purposes by the State or a county or by any instrumentality of the State or county other than public education; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Has outstanding debt which exceeds $5,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county government is not required to reimburse the State for outstanding debt service for a school building that is transferred to the county government in accordance with subsection (b) of this section until 5 years after the school building is transferred.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After the 5–year period in paragraph (1) of this subsection ends, the county government shall reimburse the State for outstanding debt service for a school building in the amount that the county government would have been required to pay when the school building was transferred to the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
