1134                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                            [Ch. 4

8-506. CONTRACT WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE AUTHORITY MAY CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO ACQUIRE STORAGE IN THE BLOOMINGTON DAM
PROJECT TO REGULATE THE STREAMFLOW OF THE POTOMAC
RIVER FOR WATER SUPPLY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
THE CONSTITUTION OR LAWS OF THE STATE AND THE
FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS:

(1)   RESERVOIR REGULATION TO INCREASE OR
DECREASE DOWNSTREAM FLOWS FOR WATER SUPPLY PURPOSES
SHALL CONFORM TO A SCHEDULE AGREED ON IN WRITING
BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT;

(2)    ANY CONTRACT, REVISION, OR CHANGE OF
ANY PART OF THE AGREEMENT, PRIOR TO BECOMING
EFFECTIVE, SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND, AS
TO LEGALITY, BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL;

(3)     NO HOLD HARMLESS OR      INDEMNITY
PROVISION MADE A PART OF ANY CONTRACT THE      AUTHORITY
ENTERS INTO MAY BIND THE STATE OR ANY OF ITS   POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS;

(4)    THE CONTRACT MAY NOT RESTRICT ACCESS
AS PROVIDED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 1, 1953 (67 STAT.
359); AND

(5)    THE TERMS OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
AUTHORITY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MAY BE
RENEGOTIATED UPON THEIR MUTUAL AGREEMENT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Article 96A, section 94 of the Code. In
paragraph (2) the phrase "as to legality
under the laws of Maryland" is proposed for
deletion. This is the function the
Attorney General normally would perform
when the document is reviewed. The only
other changes made are in style.

8-507. PLEDGING STATE'S FAITH AND CREDIT; CREATING
DEBT OR OBLIGATION; INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY ON CONTRACTS.

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN §8-508 (C) OF THIS SUBTITLE,
THE AUTHORITY MAY NOT PLEDGE THE FAITH AND CREDIT OF
THE STATE, NOR CREATE ANY DEBT OR OBLIGATION OF THE
STATE. IF ANY PLEDGE, DEBT, OR OBLIGATION IS CREATED,
IT IS INVALID. THE MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY ARE NOT
LIABLE AS INDIVIDUALS FOR ANY CONTRACT MADE ON BEHALF