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

   1. (1) The federal government;
   2. (2) This State; or
   3. (3) An agency or instrumentality of the federal government or this State.

2. (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. (1) Engineering services;
   2. (2) Legal services;
   3. (3) Estimates of costs;
   4. (4) Estimates of revenue;
   5. (5) Plans or specifications; and
   6. (6) Surveys.

3. (c)

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

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

      1. (i) When work begins on the water system or sewerage system for which the borrowing was made; and
      2. (ii) Only from funds or bond revenues that, under this subtitle, relate to the project.

Added by Acts 1982, c. 240, § 2.

Formerly Art. 43, § 650.