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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="18-206" title_number="18" title_name="Finances" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Debt and Securities">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To accomplish the purposes under § 18–203(b) of this subtitle, the Commission may issue bonds to finance the cost of revenue–producing facilities in Montgomery County or Prince George’s County, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the cost of acquiring or constructing a facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the cost of enlarging, improving, remodeling, or restoring an acquired facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the cost of surveys, studies, drawings, and architectural and engineering plans and specifications;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the cost of site assembly, including legal proceedings, title fees, and settlement charges;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the cost of issuance of bonds under this section, including advertising and printing charges and legal fees;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the cost of interest on the bonds during construction of a facility and for 1 year after completion of the facility; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the cost to the Commission of performance of any of the functions under this paragraph by Commission staff.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission may be reimbursed for performance of any of the functions under paragraph (1) of this subsection from the proceeds of the bonds issued to finance the facility with respect to which the services were performed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The bonds are payable as to principal and interest solely from revenues of the Commission from fees, rates, rents, or other charges received by the Commission for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the use of the facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the use of a facility that is not financed by the borrowing.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Commission may secure any borrowing by a pledge of the revenues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may set and periodically amend fees, rates, rentals, or other charges for the use of the Commission’s facilities in Montgomery County or Prince George’s County:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to provide revenue to pay debt service:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>on bonds issued under this section to finance the cost of a facility either separately or together with other revenue–producing facilities of the Commission in either county; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>on bonds issued to finance the cost of other revenue–producing facilities of the Commission in either county; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to pay the expenses of the Commission for the facility, including operating and maintenance expenses, unless the Commission authorizes the use of funds from another source for payment of other expenses.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To sell and secure the bonds of the Commission authorized under this section, the Commission may enter into agreements to set the fees, rates, rentals, or other charges and the collection and application of the fees, rates, rentals, or other charges.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may determine the form, terms and conditions, issuance, and sale and delivery of an obligation issued under this section, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the interest rate or method of determining the interest rate of the obligation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the maturity date of the obligation and any provisions for redemption prior to maturity;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the price at which the obligation is to be sold, which may be above or below par value; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the security for the obligation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission may sell the bonds by competitive or negotiated sale in a manner, for a price, and at rates the Commission determines to be in its best interests.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other law or any recitals in any instruments creating the obligation, the obligations are negotiable instruments.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The chair of the Commission shall execute the obligation on behalf of the Commission by manual or facsimile signature.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The secretary–treasurer of the Commission shall attest to the execution of the obligation by manual or facsimile signature.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The seal of the Commission shall be impressed or imprinted on the obligation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>An officer’s signature or facsimile signature on an obligation remains valid even if the officer leaves office before the obligation is delivered.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may enter into a trust agreement with, and designate as trustee under the trust agreement, a bank with trust powers, or a trust company, located in or outside the State to secure payment of the principal of and interest on an obligation issued under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The trust agreement may provide for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the deposit of the proceeds of the sale of the obligations secured by the trust agreement with the trustee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the application of the proceeds to pay the cost of the facility financed by the obligations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission may enter into covenants and agreements in the trust agreement for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the setting of fees, charges, and rentals for the use and enjoyment of the facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the payment of gross or net revenues from the facility and other funds pledged under this section to the trustee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the application of the payments by the trustee to the payment of the principal of and interest on the obligations secured by the trust agreement; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the establishment and maintenance of reserves or a sinking fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The trust agreement may contain a pledge of and constitute a lien on:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the revenues and funds pledged by the Commission for the payment of obligations issued under this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the proceeds of sale of the obligations, the investment of the proceeds, and the income or gain resulting from the investment of the proceeds.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The trust agreement may create a security interest for the benefit of the holders of the obligations in the facility that is financed with the proceeds of the obligations, but not in any other facility the revenues from which are pledged by the Commission to the payment of debt service on the obligations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The trust agreement may provide for the protection of the holders of the obligations if the Commission fails to perform any of the covenants under the agreement, including the right of the trustee to sell any of the facilities at public or private sale and the application of the proceeds of the sale to the payment of the obligations secured by the agreement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may apply general funds not otherwise committed to the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this section, either on maturity or redemption.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission may retire an entire issue of the bonds issued under this subsection from the proceeds of general obligation refunding bonds issued under § 18–207 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Commission may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>continue to charge for the use or enjoyment of a facility on the retirement of an issue of bonds from:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the revenues of the facility financed by the bonds;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>other funds of the Commission; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>refunding as authorized under § 18–207 of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>apply the revenues from the charge to any other function, objective, or purpose of the Commission.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may adopt rules and regulations for the use and enjoyment by the general public of a facility financed under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The rules and regulations may not exclude a person that pays the required charge or fee for use and enjoyment of the facility because of creed, race, or gender of the person.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A lease of a facility by the Commission shall contain enforceable covenants by the lessee to comply with this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
