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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="8-221" title_number="8" title_name="Debt" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Debts of State Units">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A State unit may issue bond or grant anticipation notes under this Part III of this subtitle as notes in the nature of commercial paper.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A bond or grant anticipation note issued as a note in the nature of commercial paper may be secured by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a trust indenture with a trust company, or a bank with powers of a trust company, in or outside the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a letter of credit, line of credit, or other credit arrangement from or with a lending institution.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For bond anticipation notes, the credit arrangement may be made payable out of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the 1st proceeds of sale of the bonds; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the tax or other revenue that the State unit has pledged to payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For grant anticipation notes, the credit arrangement may be made payable out of the proceeds of the grant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
