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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="9-941" title_number="9" title_name="Water, Ice, and Sanitary Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Water and Sewer Authorities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An authority shall pay the principal of and interest on its bonds only from the funds from which this subtitle authorizes payment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>For any bond that an authority issues, the authority:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall place the date of issue on the bond;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Shall set the maturity date for the bond, which shall be any time up to 40 years from the date of issue; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>May provide for the redemption of the bond before maturity:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>At the option of the authority; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>At a price and on terms and conditions that the authority fixes before it issues the bond.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A bond or certificate that otherwise conforms to this section is valid and sufficient for all purposes whether or not the officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature is on the bond or certificate is still an officer when the bond or certificate is delivered.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An authority:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Shall determine the form of its bonds; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May issue its bonds in coupon or registered form or both.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>An authority shall determine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The manner of execution of its bonds;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The denominations of its bonds; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The places for payment of the principal of and interest on its bonds, which may be any bank or trust company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A bond issued under this subtitle is fully negotiable as provided in Title 8 of the Commercial Law Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>An authority may provide for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The registration of any coupon bond as to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Principal only; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Both principal and interest; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The reconversion into a coupon bond of any bond that is registered as to both principal and interest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
