Md. Code, Economic Development § 10-514
This is the official text of Md. Code, Economic Development § 10-514, part of Maryland’s Code, Economic Development — governs the state's economic development programs.
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§10–514.
Official statutory text
(a) (1) This section does not prevent the Corporation from pledging its full faith and credit to the payment of a bond.
(2) This section does not limit the ability of the State or a political subdivision to impose an assessment, rate, fee, or charge to pay to the Corporation any cost, including the principal of and interest on a bond, under an agreement between the Corporation and the State or political subdivision.
(b) (1) A bond:
(i) is not a debt, liability, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State or of any political subdivision; and
(ii) is payable solely from revenues provided under this subtitle.
(2) The issuance of a bond is not directly, indirectly, or contingently a moral or other obligation of the State or a political subdivision to levy or pledge any tax or to make an appropriation to pay the bond.
(3) Each bond shall state on its face that:
(i) neither the State nor a political subdivision, other than the Corporation, is obliged to pay the principal of or interest on the bond, except from revenues pledged to payment of the bond; and
(ii) neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or a political subdivision is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond.
(2) This section does not limit the ability of the State or a political subdivision to impose an assessment, rate, fee, or charge to pay to the Corporation any cost, including the principal of and interest on a bond, under an agreement between the Corporation and the State or political subdivision.
(b) (1) A bond:
(i) is not a debt, liability, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State or of any political subdivision; and
(ii) is payable solely from revenues provided under this subtitle.
(2) The issuance of a bond is not directly, indirectly, or contingently a moral or other obligation of the State or a political subdivision to levy or pledge any tax or to make an appropriation to pay the bond.
(3) Each bond shall state on its face that:
(i) neither the State nor a political subdivision, other than the Corporation, is obliged to pay the principal of or interest on the bond, except from revenues pledged to payment of the bond; and
(ii) neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or a political subdivision is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond.
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