# Environment (GEN)

## Title 9. Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities

### Subtitle 6. Sanitary Commissions

#### Section 9-640

(a) In this section, "governmental agency" means:

  (1) The federal government;

  (2) This State; or

  (3) An agency or instrumentality of the federal government or this State.

(b) A district may borrow from a governmental agency the amount of money that the sanitary commission considers necessary to pay the organization and planning costs for a project or a service area, including costs for:

  (1) Engineering services;

  (2) Legal services;

  (3) Estimates of costs;

  (4) Estimates of revenue;

  (5) Plans or specifications; and

  (6) Surveys.

(c)

  (1) A district may not pay interest on money borrowed from a governmental agency under this section.

  (2) If a district borrows from a governmental agency under this section, the district shall repay the lending governmental agency:

    (i) When work begins on the water system or sewerage system for which the borrowing was made; and

    (ii) Only from funds or bond revenues that, under this subtitle, relate to the project.

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Md. Code Ann., Envir. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)