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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-712" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Regulation by Municipalities and Political Subdivisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>While any bonds issued under Part II of this subtitle are outstanding, the municipal authority annually shall levy a tax against all of the assessable property served within the municipality to pay the principal and interest on the bonds.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The tax shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Sufficient to pay:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>When due, the principal and interest on the bonds; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The part of the principal or interest on the bonds that is not paid for by the levy of the annual front-foot assessment under § 9-713 of this subtitle or by the service charges collected under § 9-714 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Treated the same as any other municipal tax in every respect, including as to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Priority rights;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Interest;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Penalties; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Manner of determination, levy, and collection.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each person involved in the levy or collection of the taxes shall perform the duties promptly and properly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not use any funds collected under this section for any purpose other than the payment of principal and interest on the bonds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
