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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="17-201" title_number="17" title_name="Commission" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Legal and Financial Affairs">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission is a body corporate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>use a common seal;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sue and be sued; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>do any other corporate act for the purpose of carrying out this division.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall certify to the county councils of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County a tax rate that will, when imposed and collected in accordance with § 22–106 of this article, produce an amount sufficient to satisfy:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a judgment against the Commission, including related costs and attorney’s fees; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a settlement agreement to resolve threatened or pending litigation, including related costs and attorney’s fees.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Commission shall certify the tax rate under paragraph (1) of this subsection at the beginning of the taxable year for property taxes of the county councils of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County immediately following the date of the judgment or settlement agreement described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The tax rate described in this subsection is in addition to any tax required under this division for interest, serial bonds, or sinking fund requirements.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>All acts, orders, and regulations previously passed by the Commission while sitting in the District of Columbia are ratified and shall be given the same force and effect as if passed in the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
