Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 8-405

This is the official text of Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 8-405, part of Maryland’s Code, State Finance and Procurement — governs the state budget and government contracting.

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§8–405.

Official statutory text

(a) Except for capital leases used to finance energy performance contracts excluded from tax supported debt under § 8–104 of this title, the Treasurer shall, at a reasonable market rate, capitalize the payments on a capital lease authorized under this subtitle on an annual basis for each fiscal year the lease is in effect.

(b) The greater of the amount determined for a given fiscal year under subsection (a) of this section or the amount of any purchase value at the termination of a capital lease authorized under this subtitle shall be included in the tax supported debt considered by the Capital Debt Affordability Committee in its annual estimate for that fiscal year under Subtitle 1 of this title.

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