{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-environment-9-640","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Environment § 9–640","heading":"","body":"(a) In this section, “governmental agency” means:\n(1) The federal government;\n(2) This State; or\n(3) An agency or instrumentality of the federal government or this State.\n(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:\n(1) Engineering services;\n(2) Legal services;\n(3) Estimates of costs;\n(4) Estimates of revenue;\n(5) Plans or specifications; and\n(6) Surveys.\n(c) (1) A district may not pay interest on money borrowed from a governmental agency under this section.\n(2) If a district borrows from a governmental agency under this section, the district shall repay the lending governmental agency:\n(i) When work begins on the water system or sewerage system for which the borrowing was made; and\n(ii) Only from funds or bond revenues that, under this subtitle, relate to the project.","path":["Article - Environment"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gen\u0026section=9-640","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:57:58Z","sha256":"3e37b50707b8cee8cc15036b2f4e1dc7377faea691744f0bc81c9fcfbcff0413","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-environment-9-639","next":"us-md/md.-code-environment-9-641"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}