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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="16-103" title_number="16" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Financial officer” means the treasurer or other financial officer of a political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Political subdivision” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a municipality;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a special taxing district; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a public corporation of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a political subdivision is authorized to incur debt to be redeemed from a fee, charge, or the proceeds of a tax, its financial officer shall submit a comprehensive report on the financial condition of the political subdivision as of the end of that fiscal year to the State Treasurer and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the Department of Legislative Services in accordance with the timeframes required under § 16–305 of this title for submission of annual financial reports of counties, municipalities, and special taxing districts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A report under this section shall be on the form that the Department of Legislative Services provides and shall include the affidavit of the financial officer and all of the following information that applies to the political subdivision:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the assessed valuation of taxable and tangible property in the political subdivision;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the total indebtedness of the political subdivision, including the following categories of the total indebtedness:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>bond indebtedness that is redeemable from the proceeds of general and ad valorem taxes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>temporary or floating indebtedness;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>obligations that are incurred in anticipation of tax collection;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>current bills payable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>contingent liability that results from the guaranty of an obligation of another political subdivision; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>self–liquidating bond indebtedness, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the amount of indebtedness for each project; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the source of the revenue for its liquidation;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for each sinking fund for retirement of obligations:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each obligation for which the fund is established;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of the fund; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the manner in which money in the fund is invested;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for the fiscal year for which the report is made:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the amount of property tax imposed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of property tax collected;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the amount of any special assessment imposed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the amount of any special assessment collected;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for each of the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the report is made:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the amount of property tax imposed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the amount of uncollected property tax;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the population of the political subdivision as reported in the most recent federal census;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>any official or unofficial population estimate for the fiscal year for which the report is made;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>unless the political subdivision is a county or municipality that is a member of a State retirement or pension system, a copy of the most recent actuarial report on the pension system of the political subdivision;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>for all categories of indebtedness:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>variable interest rate debt instruments;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>interest rate exchange agreements or swaps; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>other derivatives, including futures and options; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>any other information about the financial affairs of the political subdivision that the Department of Legislative Services finds necessary to show accurately the financial condition of the political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On request of the State Treasurer, a financial officer shall submit an updated report on the indebtedness of the political subdivision as required in this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A financial officer may not fail to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submit a report under this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>resubmit a report that meets the requirements of this section within 15 days after receiving notice that the Department of Legislative Services finds a report inadequate.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a financial officer violates this section, the political subdivision employing the financial officer is liable to the State for a penalty of $10 for each day that the report is overdue.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
