Md. Code, Local Government § 1–1105

(a) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a program shall require a

property owner to repay a loan provided under the program through a surcharge on

the owner’s property tax bill.

(b) Except for a surcharge authorized under subsection (c) of this section, a

county or municipality may not set a surcharge greater than an amount that allows

the county or municipality to recover the costs associated with:

(1) issuing bonds to finance the loan; and

(2) administering the program.

(c) With the express consent of any holder of a mortgage or deed of trust on

a commercial property that is to be financed through a loan to the commercial

property owner under the program:

(1) a county or municipality may collect loan payments owed to a

private lender or to the county or the municipality for a loan to a commercial property

owner, and costs associated with administering the program, through a surcharge on

the property owner’s property tax bill;

(2) an unpaid surcharge under this subsection shall be, until paid, a

lien on the real property on which it is imposed from the date it becomes payable; and

(3) the provisions of Title 14, Subtitle 8 of the Tax – Property Article

that apply to a tax lien shall also apply to a lien created under this subsection.

(d) A person who acquires property subject to a surcharge under this section

assumes the obligation to pay the surcharge.