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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-20D-08" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="20D" subtitle_name="Regulated Sustainable Energy Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a qualified contractor may collect payments under a regulated sustainable energy contract that are in arrears, including the principal, interest, late charges, costs of collection, and reasonable attorney’s fees, by the imposition of a lien on property that is subject to the contract in accordance with the Maryland Contract Lien Act, Title 14, Subtitle 2 of the Real Property Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A lien imposed under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not take priority over a lien, mortgage, deed of trust, or other security interest that is already attached to the property.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a property subject to a regulated sustainable energy contract is foreclosed under Title 7, Subtitle 1 of the Real Property Article, any deficiency due as a result of a lien arising from the regulated sustainable energy contract shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>added to the total balance due on the contract; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>subject to periodic payment as provided in the contract.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a party that holds a recorded mortgage or deed of trust on a property subject to a regulated sustainable energy contract acquires the property through foreclosure, the party may not be charged for any amount due on the regulated sustainable energy contract.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Payment on a regulated sustainable energy contract shall resume when the property subject to the regulated sustainable energy contract is sold or transferred to a person who is not related to the person who held the recorded mortgage or deed of trust when the property was foreclosed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
