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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="16-405" title_number="16" title_name="In General" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Tax and Debt Authority for Assistance to Destitute and Unemployed Residents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to Baltimore City.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A county or municipality may borrow money under this subtitle on its full faith and credit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A county or municipality may issue individual notes, certificates of debt, or other evidence of indebtedness for any amount borrowed under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Subject to the limits in this subtitle, the governing body of a county or municipality shall determine:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the manner, method, means, and conditions for borrowing money under this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the kind and character of the debt issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the form and substance of the debt issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the interest rate of the debt issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the manner, method, or means of sale, both public or private, of the debt issued;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>when the money shall be borrowed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>when the debt shall be issued.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A county or municipality may not incur debt under this subtitle in an aggregate amount that exceeds the total amount estimated to be raised by a property tax imposed by the county or municipality at a rate of 3.2 cents on each $100 of assessment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A debt incurred under this subtitle shall mature and be paid within 2 years after the date the debt was incurred.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Subject to § 16–404(b) of this subtitle, a county or municipality that borrows money under this subtitle shall impose a property tax in an amount sufficient to repay the money borrowed, with interest, in full within 2 years after the date the debt was incurred.</text>
  </level>
</section>
