Md. Code, Land Use § 18-209
This is the official text of Md. Code, Land Use § 18-209, part of Maryland’s Code, Land Use — governs zoning and land use planning.
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§18–209.
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(a) The revenues derived from the collection of the taxes authorized under this title shall pay the principal of and interest on bonds issued under this title.
(b) (1) If the revenues from the taxes are inadequate to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, the county guaranteeing the bonds shall impose, in each year the taxes are inadequate, an additional tax on all assessable property in the portion of the metropolitan district in that county sufficient to make up the deficiency.
(2) If the revenues from the additional tax under paragraph (1) of this subsection are inadequate, the county shall impose a tax on all assessable property in the corporate limits of the county sufficient to pay the deficiency in the revenues available to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
(c) This division may not be construed to modify the limitations on the powers of the Commission to issue bonds under §§ 18–203 through 18–207 of this subtitle or in any other law.
(b) (1) If the revenues from the taxes are inadequate to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds, the county guaranteeing the bonds shall impose, in each year the taxes are inadequate, an additional tax on all assessable property in the portion of the metropolitan district in that county sufficient to make up the deficiency.
(2) If the revenues from the additional tax under paragraph (1) of this subsection are inadequate, the county shall impose a tax on all assessable property in the corporate limits of the county sufficient to pay the deficiency in the revenues available to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds.
(c) This division may not be construed to modify the limitations on the powers of the Commission to issue bonds under §§ 18–203 through 18–207 of this subtitle or in any other law.
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