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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="18-401" title_number="18" title_name="Finances" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Land Acquisition Funding">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Fund” means an Advance Land Acquisition Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an Advance Land Acquisition Fund in each county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of each Fund is to purchase land and related facilities consistent with the purposes of this section and §§ 18–402 and 18–403 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Commission shall administer each Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Each Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to reversion under § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article or provisions of this division relating to unexpended balances.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Each Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>money allocated to the Fund for the respective county in the annual budgets of the Commission under Subtitle 1 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>proceeds of bonds issued under this section and allocated to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>investment earnings of the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Any investment earnings of a Fund shall be paid into the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Expenditures from a Fund may be made only in accordance with this section and §§ 18–402 and 18–403 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At any time after acquiring land, on repayment to the Commission of the amount disbursed by the Commission for the land plus interest, the Commission may transfer the land to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a construction agency of the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Montgomery County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Prince George’s County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the redevelopment authority of Prince George’s County;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the revenue authority of Prince George’s County; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a municipal corporation or governed special taxing district in Montgomery County or Prince George’s County.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall place any amount received in repayment for land in the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the State construction agency for Montgomery County or a municipal corporation or governed district in Montgomery County determines that acquired land is not required for a public use specified on the county’s plan required under § 18–402(b) of this subtitle, the Commission may use the land as a part of its park system.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A use of land by the Commission for park or recreation purposes under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph is not a dedication for these purposes.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the Commission at any time determines that the land is not needed for park purposes, the Commission may dispose of the land in the manner provided for elsewhere in this division.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the State construction agency for Prince George’s County or a municipal corporation or governed district in Prince George’s County, the redevelopment authority for Prince George’s County, or the revenue authority of Prince George’s County determines that acquired land is not required for public use, the Commission may use the land as a part of its park system, subject to the approval of the Prince George’s County Council.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A use of land by the Commission for park or recreation purposes under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph is not a dedication for these purposes.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If the Commission at any time determines that the land is not needed for park purposes, the Commission may dispose of the land in the manner provided for elsewhere in this division.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Commission may issue and sell bonds in amounts it considers necessary for the purposes of the Funds.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>In Prince George’s County, the Commission’s issuance and sale of bonds concerning the county is subject to approval by the County Council.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the amount of the bonds outstanding at any time may not exceed an amount that is redeemable within 30 years from the date of issue by a tax of 1.2 cents on each $100 assessed valuation of real property in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County and 3 cents on each $100 assessed valuation of personal property and operating real property described in § 8–109(c) of the Tax – Property Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>To determine the amount of bonds outstanding under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Commission may assume:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>future imposition of the tax at the rate established by each county;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>100% collection of the tax in each fiscal year; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>the assessed value of property at the time the bonds are issued will remain constant.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The provisions of Subtitle 2 of this title relating to form, interest rate, sale, redemption, guaranty, and liability apply to bonds issued under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
