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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="8-128" title_number="8" title_name="Debt" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Obligation Debt">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “miscellaneous capital grant” means a grant for a capital project for an entity that is not a unit of State government funded in the annual State capital budget as part of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Miscellaneous Grant Programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Local House of Delegates Initiatives; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Local Senate Initiatives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Unless otherwise provided in an enabling act, an authorization of State debt for a project or program shall terminate no later than 1 year after the abandonment, completion, or acceptance of the project or program, as determined by the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except to the extent that money authorized by an enabling act for a State project or program has been encumbered by the Board, an authorization of State debt shall automatically terminate 7 years after the date of the authorization, unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the enabling act provides otherwise;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in an emergency, the Board unanimously grants a temporary exception for 1 year; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the authorization is for a program that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is administered by a unit of State government that receives funds that are distributed by the unit to the individual projects; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>receives funds that may be reallocated by the unit between projects without requiring a budget amendment or an act of the General Assembly.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to a miscellaneous capital grant 3 years or more after the effective date of the enabling act that authorized the grant.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On or before July 1 each year, the Department of General Services shall submit to the Legislative Policy Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, a report that identifies each grant for which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>no part of the grant is under contract approved by the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Board has not encumbered money for any part of the grant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If an authorization is terminated in accordance with this section, the amount of any unissued bonds specifically intended for the terminated authorization shall be canceled and be of no further effect.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If an authorization is terminated in accordance with this section and bonds have been issued specifically to fund the authorization, the amount of any unspent bond proceeds associated with the terminated authorization shall be disposed of as provided in § 8–129 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall enforce the provisions of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A failure to comply with or give effect to the provisions of this section may not affect the validity or enforceability of State debt.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Board shall submit for publication in the Maryland Register a notice of any authorization of State debt that has been terminated or extended under this section; the notice shall include the chapter number and year of enactment of the enabling act and each amendment to the enabling act.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>A termination or extension under this section may become effective only after the publication of notice in the Maryland Register.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Treasurer, in consultation with the Comptroller, shall submit a report on January 1 each year to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall list all projects or programs for which authorization would be terminated in the upcoming year under the provisions in this section or § 7–305 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
