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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="21-209" title_number="21" title_name="Special Taxing Districts" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Erosion Prevention Projects">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The district council may borrow money, on the full faith and credit of the district, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>acquire by purchase or condemnation an easement under § 21–208 of this subtitle to construct a project in or for the district; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>complete the project.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The money borrowed by the district council for a project shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>bear interest at a rate set by the district council not exceeding 6% per year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>be payable semiannually; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>be secured by bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the district council on the full faith and credit of the district.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to § 21–212(e)(2) of this subtitle, the bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued under this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be exempt from State, county, and municipal taxation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>mature serially at the times determined by the district council, not to exceed 30 years;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>be made payable within 30 years after issuance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>be issued under the seal of the county.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding §§ 19–205 and 19–206 of this article, the district council may sell the bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness at public or private sale.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The governing body of the county shall guarantee the payment of principal of and interest on any bonds issued by the district council under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The guaranty shall be endorsed on each bond in the following language:</text>
      <text>“The payment of interest when due and the principal at maturity is guaranteed by ….. County, Maryland.”</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Within 20 days after the bonds are ready for endorsement, the endorsement shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>signed on each bond by the chair of the governing body or the county executive, as applicable;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>attested to by the clerk of the governing body of the county; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>affixed with the county seal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
