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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="19-208" title_number="19" title_name="Public Debt" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Public Securities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this section applies only to the following governmental entities:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a county;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a municipality;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a public corporation of the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality of a political subdivision of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to Baltimore City.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A governmental entity authorized to issue bonds:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>subject to the limitations in this section and notwithstanding any other law, if the governmental entity determines that it is in the public interest, may issue and sell bonds in denominations of $1,000 or less, in any form;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may sell the bonds in integral multiples; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>subject to any other provision of law, may set the prices for and the interest rates to be paid on the bonds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A governmental entity may not have bonds outstanding under this section in excess of a total principal amount of the greater of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>$1,000,000; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>10% of the total outstanding bonded indebtedness of the governmental entity at the time the bonds are issued.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The total debts of a governmental entity, including bonds under this section, may not exceed a limit set by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A governmental entity may sell bonds issued under this section in any manner that the governmental entity considers appropriate, notwithstanding §§ 19–205 and 19–206 of this subtitle or any other law that requires the solicitation of competitive bids or the public sale of bonds to the highest bidder or bidders or that regulates the manner in which the sale shall be advertised or the bonds sold.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A governmental entity that issues bonds under this section shall approve a disclosure document that includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a description of the security for the bonds;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a statement of the purposes for which the proceeds of the bonds will be used;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a description of the financial condition of the governmental entity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a statement of the prices for and the interest rates to be paid on the bonds; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a statement of the times and places of payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A governmental entity shall make the disclosure document available to buyers of the bonds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
