# Environment (GEN)

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

### Subtitle 6. Sanitary Commissions

#### Section 9-685

(a) Before a district issues any bonds:

  (1) The sanitary commission shall make the determinations required by this section; and

  (2) After the sanitary commission makes the determinations, the district shall issue the bonds in accordance with the determinations.

(b) The sanitary commission:

  (1) Shall determine the form of the bonds;

  (2) Shall determine the manner of execution of the bonds;

  (3) Shall determine the denominations of the bonds;

  (4) Shall determine the place, which may be any bank or trust company, where the principal and interest of the bonds will be paid;

  (5) Shall determine whether interest coupons will be attached to the bonds and, if so, the form of the coupons;

  (6) May determine whether the bonds will be issued in:

    (i) Coupon form;

    (ii) Registered form; or

    (iii) Coupon form and registered form;

  (7) May determine whether coupon form bonds will be registered as to:

    (i) Principal; or

    (ii) Principal and interest;

  (8) May determine a method for reconverting into coupon form bonds any bonds that are registered as to principal and interest;

  (9) May determine whether the district will redeem bonds before maturity, and if so, shall specify:

    (i) The terms and conditions the sanitary commission will impose as to redemption before maturity; and

    (ii) The method the sanitary commission will use in determining the prices the district will pay to redeem bonds before maturity;

  (10) Shall determine any other condition, term, or provision as to the bonds that the sanitary commission is required to make under this subtitle; and

  (11) May determine any other condition, term, or provision as to the bonds that the sanitary commission is allowed to make under this subtitle.

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