Ch. 120                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

1.       The net interest cost of the most recent sale of State general
obligation bonds before the date of the loan plus 1/8 of 1 percent, for a loan made from
sources other than State general obligation bond proceeds;

2.       For a loan made from the proceeds of a State general
obligation bond issue either:

A.      The net interest cost of the sale of State general obligation
bonds out of which the loan is made plus 1/8 of 1 percent; or

B.      The maximum interest rate permitted under applicable
federal tax law or required pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Public Works adopted
in connection with the issuance of the State general obligation bonds out of which the
loan is made;                                                                                     

(iv) A provision that requires the borrowing subdivision to give the
Secretary at least 30 days prior written notice of any proposed sale, lease, or conveyance
and that requires that prior written approval of the Secretary before the sale, lease, or
conveyance, which approval the Secretary shall grant unless the sale, lease, or conveyance
violates a provision of the loan agreement or is clearly inconsistent with the purposes of
this subtitle; and

(v) A provision that requires, on sale of any portion of the land,
prepayment of the principal of the loan from the sale proceeds in an amount that equals
the amount of the original loan multiplied by the proportion of the land sold to the
amount of land which remains when any land reserved for use by an entire industrial park
is subtracted from the total land for which the loan was made originally and a provision
for reducing the amortization payments accordingly.

(3) The loan agreement may contain regulatory and security provisions.

(d)     The loan agreement shall be recorded among the land records of the
subdivision in which the land is located and shall constitute a lien upon the land and
improvements.

(e)     A loan may be made under this section to acquire railroad property or
rights-of-way, up to 100 percent of the cost of acquisition. The contents of the
application set forth in subsection (a) of this section and the factors to be considered by
the Secretary set forth in subsection (b) of this section, to the extent applicable, apply to
railroad property or rights-of-way, particularly the need for rail service to support
existing or potential industry, commerce, or agriculture, and the need for acquisition to
avoid the effects of discontinuance of service or abandonment of railroad use. References
to land shall, for the purposes of this subsection, refer to the railroad property or
rights-of-way to be acquired.

[5-405.] 5-705.

(a) Any political subdivision of the State may apply to the Secretary for a loan to
finance, with respect to an industrial park project described in the application, any one or
more of the following industrial park project costs:

(1) Planning and/or engineering study costs;

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