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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="17-107" title_number="17" title_name="Prince George's County" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to the powers listed elsewhere in this Division II, the Prince George’s Authority may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>exercise all or any part of those powers to provide housing, housing rehabilitation, housing projects, integrally related commercial structures, and their financing for county residents;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>exercise other functions and responsibilities required by the county, including community development; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>acquire and spend public money for any purpose authorized under this Division II, if the exercise of all powers of the Prince George’s Authority is in accordance with Prince George’s County law or a contract or contracts with Prince George’s County.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As required by Prince George’s County, the Prince George’s Authority annually shall issue a financial report for the previous fiscal year based on a certified audit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Prince George’s County by local law may require the Prince George’s Authority to comply with budgetary, financial, personnel, and ethics procedures of the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>With the approval of the Prince George’s County governing body, the Prince George’s Authority within its area of operation also may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>make construction loans and long-term mortgage loans to any person to produce housing under this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buy and insure mortgages secured by such housing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>make or buy mortgage loans to help first-time homebuyers to buy existing homes, if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the first-time homebuyers:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>are residents of the county;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>qualify based on income limits established by the Prince George’s Authority with the approval of the county governing body; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>are buying housing determined to be decent, safe, and adequate according to standards adopted by the Prince George’s Authority; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Prince George’s Authority determines that income from the assistance program will cover the costs of the program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With the approval of the Prince George’s County governing body, the Prince George’s Authority within its area of operation may finance housing, housing rehabilitation, a housing project, or a continuing care facility authorized by this title by issuing and selling the bonds of any type.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Bonds that may be issued under this subsection include those on which the principal and interest are payable:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>only from the income and revenues of the housing project or continuing care facility that is financed with the proceeds of the bonds or with both those proceeds and a federal grant;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>only from the income and revenues of designated housing projects whether or not they were financed wholly or partly with the proceeds of the bonds; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>from its revenues generally.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A bond under this subsection may be secured by pledge of any revenue or a mortgage of a housing project, projects, or other property of the Prince George’s Authority.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Bonds of the Prince George’s Authority may be sold at public or private sale in the manner and on the terms that are authorized by resolution of the Prince George’s Authority.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>This section does not preempt or supersede the regulatory authority of a State governmental unit under State law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
