PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                               H.B. 311

(II)     THE ACQUISITION OF ANY NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY,
EQUIPMENT, OR OTHER FACILITY FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE,
OR REPAIR, AND OF PLANNING AND ENGINEERING SERVICES;

(III)   THE PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND
RECONSTRUCTION OF ANY FREE BRIDGE CONSTITUTING PART OF A DORCHESTER
COUNTY ROAD, STREET, OR HIGHWAY;

(IV)    THE CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, OR REPAIR, OR ANY
RELATED ACQUISITION OR SERVICE, FOR THE COUNTY AIRPORT AND RELATED
FACILITIES;

(V)     THE ACQUISITION, ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
RECONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, EXTENSION, ALTERATION OR REPAIR OF A
BUILDING OR STRUCTURE TO HOUSE ANY OF THE FUNCTIONS, OPERATIONS, OR
EQUIPMENT OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT OR ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, LIBRARIES, THE COURT HOUSE, AND DETENTION FACILITIES, AND ANY
FIXTURES, FURNISHINGS AND APPURTENANCES THEREFOR, OR THE ACQUISITION
OF ANY VEHICLE OR EQUIPMENT NECESSARY AND PROPER TO THE PERFORMANCE
OF COUNTY GOVERNMENTAL POWERS AND DUTIES;

(VI)    THE DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC PARKS, RECREATIONAL AREAS,
AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND,
PROPERTY AND WATER RIGHTS THEREFOR, AND THE CONSTRUCTION,
IMPROVEMENT, AND REPAIR OF ROADS, PATHS, WAYS, BUILDINGS, PIERS, RAMPS,
BULKHEADS, BEACHES, LAUNCHING FACILITIES AND OTHER APPURTENANCES OR
IMPROVEMENTS APPROPRIATE TO THE FULL USE OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL
AREAS; OR

(VII)  THE ACQUISITION, ESTABLISHMENT, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION,
RECONSTRUCTION, EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENT, EXTENSION, ALTERATION,
OPERATION OR REPAIR OF ANY OTHER PUBLIC GOVERNMENTAL FACILITY.

(B)     NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COUNTY
SHALL HAVE POWER AND AUTHORITY, FROM TIME TO TIME, TO BORROW MONEY
AND INCUR INDEBTEDNESS IN ORDER TO FINANCE ANY PUBLIC FACILITY
INVESTMENT OR FOR ANY OTHER LAWFUL, PUBLIC PURPOSE AS SET FORTH IN
SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION, AND TO EVIDENCE THE BORROWING OR
INDEBTEDNESS BY THE ISSUANCE OF ITS PROMISSORY NOTES OR ANY OTHER
INSTRUMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS TO ANY BANKING INSTITUTION, OR BY THE
ISSUANCE OF ITS TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES, ITS BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, NOTES
IN ANTICIPATION OF OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE OR ITS GENERAL OBLIGATION
BONDS, WITHOUT LIMITATION AS TO THE RATE OF INTEREST, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(C)     ANY INSTRUMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION
SHALL BE ISSUED, SOLD, AND DELIVERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF A RESOLUTION OR RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS, CONDITIONS, AND
EXCEPTIONS:

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