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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="8-127" title_number="8" title_name="Debt" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Obligation Debt">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in § 8-129 of this subtitle, the proceeds of a sale of State bonds may be used only in the manner and for a project or program that is specified in an enabling act authorizing the issuance of State bonds.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in § 8-129 of this subtitle, the proceeds of a sale of State bonds may be used only for a capital improvement unless:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the enabling act specifically provides otherwise; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in an emergency, the Board unanimously grants a temporary exception.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall determine whether the object of an expenditure is a capital improvement. The standard for this determination is whether the useful life of the object equals or exceeds the life of the State bonds.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall enforce the provisions of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
