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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-938" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Water and Sewer Authorities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>To secure any bond issued under this subtitle, an authority may enter into a trust agreement with a corporate trustee, which may be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A trust company; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A bank that has the powers of a trust company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>In the resolution or trust agreement that authorizes the authority to issue bonds, the authority:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>May pledge or assign the revenues to be received from the operation of any project for which the bonds are issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In the case of bonds that finance a sewerage system, and to the extent allowed under § 9-946 of this subtitle, may pledge or assign as security for the bonds the revenues to be received from the water system of the authority;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>May not convey or mortgage any part of a project;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>May include reasonable, proper, and lawful provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of bondholders, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Covenants stating the duties of the authority to acquire, construct, improve, maintain, operate, repair, and insure any project for which the bonds are issued;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provisions for the custody, protection, and use of the funds of the authority; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or maintenance of any project for which the bonds are issued;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>May state the rights and remedies of bondholders and, in the case of a trust agreement, of trustees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>May restrict the individual right of action of a bondholder in any way that is customary in a trust agreement or trust indenture that secures bonds or debentures of a corporation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>May include any other provision that the authority considers to be reasonable and proper for the security of bondholders.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, an authority may provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Payment of the proceeds of the sale of its bonds and payment of any revenue of the authority to any officer, board, or depositary that the authority designates as custodian of the proceeds and revenues; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Disbursement of the proceeds and revenues with any safeguards and restrictions that the authority determines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An authority may treat any expense that is incurred in carrying out the provisions of a resolution or trust agreement under this section as a part of the cost of operation of the project.</text>
  </level>
</section>
