# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 19. Public Debt

### Subtitle 10. Public Debt -- Grants and Loans for Septic Upgrades

#### Section 19-1002

A county may expend the net proceeds of the sale of an issue of notes only to:

(1) make grants and loans in accordance with Sec. 9-1605.2(h)(2)(i) of the Environment Article;

(2) make grants and loans to cover engineering costs and non-best-available-technology components, including drainfields, needed for the repair of existing on-site sewage disposal systems or the installation of new on-site sewage disposal systems that use the best available technology for nitrogen removal; or

(3) refund one or more issues of notes.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)