Md. Code, Environment § 9–640

(a) In this section, “governmental agency” means:

(1) The federal government;

(2) This State; or

(3) An agency or instrumentality of the federal government or this State.

(b) A district may borrow from a governmental agency the amount of money that the sanitary commission considers necessary to pay the organization and planning costs for a project or a service area, including costs for:

(1) Engineering services;

(2) Legal services;

(3) Estimates of costs;

(4) Estimates of revenue;

(5) Plans or specifications; and

(6) Surveys.

(c) (1) A district may not pay interest on money borrowed from a governmental agency under this section.

(2) If a district borrows from a governmental agency under this section, the district shall repay the lending governmental agency:

(i) When work begins on the water system or sewerage system for which the borrowing was made; and

(ii) Only from funds or bond revenues that, under this subtitle, relate to the project.