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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="21-501" title_number="21" title_name="Special Taxing Districts" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Districts for Infrastructure Improvements for Selected Counties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Bond” means a special obligation bond, a revenue bond, a note, or any other similar instrument issued in accordance with this subtitle by a county or the revenue authority of Prince George’s County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Cost” includes the cost of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>construction, reconstruction, and renovation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>acquisition of structures, real or personal property, rights, rights–of–way, franchises, easements, and interests acquired or to be acquired by the Maryland Economic Development Corporation, the State, a unit or political subdivision of the State, or another governmental unit having jurisdiction over the infrastructure improvement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>machinery and equipment, including machinery and equipment needed to expand or enhance county services to a special taxing district;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>financing charges and interest before and during construction and, if the county considers it advisable, for a limited period after completion of the construction;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>interest and reserves for principal and interest, including the cost of municipal bond insurance and any other type of financial guaranty and costs of issuance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>extensions, enlargements, additions, and improvements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>architectural, engineering, financial, and legal services;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>plans, specifications, studies, surveys, and estimates of cost and revenues;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>administrative expenses necessary or incident to determining to proceed with infrastructure improvements; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>other expenses necessary or incident to acquiring, constructing, and financing infrastructure improvements; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in Prince George’s County, the cost of renovation, rehabilitation, and repair of existing buildings, internal and external structural systems, elevators, facades, mechanical systems and components, and security systems.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“MEDCO obligation” means any debt instrument that the Maryland Economic Development Corporation issues for the purposes stated in § 21–504(a)(2) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“State hospital redevelopment” means any combination of private or public commercial, residential, or recreational uses, improvements, and facilities that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is part of a comprehensive, coordinated development plan or strategy involving property that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>was occupied formerly by a State facility, as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article, or a State residential center, as defined in § 7–101 of the Health – General Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is adjacent or reasonably proximate to property that was occupied formerly by a State facility, as defined in § 10–101 of the Health – General Article, or a State residential center, as defined in § 7–101 of the Health – General Article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in accordance with design development principles, maximizes use of the property by those constituencies it is intended to serve; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>is designated as a State hospital redevelopment by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Sustainable Growth Subcabinet established under § 9–1406 of the State Government Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the local government or multicounty agency with land use and planning responsibility for the relevant area.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Transit–oriented development” has the meaning stated in § 7–101 of the Transportation Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
