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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-205" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Bonds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The local law implementing this subtitle shall provide procedures for review and approval of the issuance of bonds guaranteed by the county government.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The procedures shall include requirements for the County Executive to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>comment on the feasibility of the proposed bond guarantee and each housing project contemplated by the proposed bond guarantee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>recommend whether the proposed bond guarantee should be approved and any terms and conditions for approval.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the County Executive recommends approval, the recommendation shall include a statement that the proposed housing project is fully self-supporting.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a recommendation by the County Executive to approve the proposed bond guarantee shall be supported by an acceptable independent feasibility study or studies that the Montgomery Commission submits.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The County Executive may waive the feasibility study requirement for a housing project financed, insured, or assisted by the State or the federal government.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
