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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="19-904" title_number="19" title_name="Public Debt" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Pension Liability Funding Bonds">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A county or municipality that is authorized under law to borrow money and issue bonds may issue pension liability funding bonds to fund any unfunded present or contingent liability of any kind under a pension or retirement plan or system.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Pension liability funding bonds may be issued for the public purposes of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>realizing savings with respect to the aggregate cost of the pension or retirement plan or system being funded, on either a direct comparison or present value basis; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>structuring or restructuring pension or retirement plan or system costs in a manner that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in the aggregate effects a reduction in the total cost of the pension or retirement plan or system as provided in item (1) of this subsection; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is determined by the county or municipality:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>to be in the best interests of the county or municipality;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>to be consistent with the county’s or municipality’s long–term financial plan; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>to realize a financial objective of the county or municipality, including:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>improving the relationship of pension or retirement plan or system costs to a source of payment such as taxes, assessments, or other charges; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>improving the benefits payable under the pension or retirement plan or system.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The authority to issue pension liability funding bonds under this subtitle is supplemental to any authority to borrow money or issue bonds granted to a county or municipality under any other law.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, pension liability funding bonds are subject to any requirement that applies to the issuance of the county’s or municipality’s bonds that have the same source of payment as the pension liability funding bonds regarding:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the terms, conditions, and covenants of the bonds;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the taxes or other sources of money for payment of the bonds; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the procedures for issuance of the bonds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
