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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="4-1608" title_number="4" title_name="Division of Development Finance" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Residential Mortgage Programs for Certain Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The bonds shall be sold at public or private sale on the terms that the legislative body of the covered county sets.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The bonds are not subject to §§ 19–205 and 19–206 of the Local Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The bonds and the interest on them shall be limited obligations of the covered county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The principal and interest on the bonds shall be payable only from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the revenue derived from:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>interest;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>mortgage insurance;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>casualty or special hazard insurance or other insurance proceeds; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>condemnation proceeds;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>other revenue derived from mortgage loans or property securing the loans; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>other payments or revenues derived from or relating to the making of the loans.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The bonds or coupons issued under this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>are not an indebtedness or a charge against the general credit or taxing powers of the issuing county within the meaning of a constitution, county code provision, or statutory limit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>are not and do not give rise to a monetary liability of the issuing county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>On the advice of counsel, the face of each bond may plainly state that the bond was issued under this subtitle and is not an indebtedness to which the faith and credit of the county is pledged.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Money received from bonds issued under this subtitle shall be applied solely:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to make money available through mortgage lending institutions only for residential mortgage loans to families of low or moderate income;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to establish reserves;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>to pay the necessary expenses of financing; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>to advance the payment of interest on the bonds during the first 3 years after the date of the bonds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
