PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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(3) The bond administration fees and closing costs to be paid by the State
for bonds it will issue for the conference center, which are estimated to be $300,000; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Financial Institutions

13-701.

(h) "Convention Center facilities" means the Baltimore Convention Center
facilities, [and] the Ocean City Convention Center facilities, AND THE MONTGOMERY
COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER FACILITIES.

(M) (1) "MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER FACILITIES" MEANS
THE CONFERENCE CENTER FACILITY LOCATED AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
CONFERENCE CENTER SITE AND USED FOR THE HOLDING OF CONFERENCES, TRADE
SHOWS, MEETINGS, DISPLAYS, OR SIMILAR EVENTS INCLUDING OFFICES, PARKING
LOTS, GARAGES, ACCESS ROADS, FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES, AND ANY OTHER
PROPERTY, STRUCTURE, FURNISHINGS, OR EQUIPMENT LOCATED AT THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE SITE AND FUNCTIONALLY RELATED TO THE
FACILITIES.

(2) "MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE FACILITIES" DOES NOT
INCLUDE THE PRIVATELY OWNED HOTEL THAT IS PLANNED TO BE DEVELOPED
ADJACENT TO THE CONFERENCE CENTER.

(N) "MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER FUND" MEANS THE
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER FINANCING FUND ESTABLISHED
UNDER § 13-717.1 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(O) "MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER SITE" MEANS A SITE IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE WHITE FLINT METRO STATION IN THE NORTH BETHESDA
AREA OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS DETERMINED BY THE AUTHORITY AND
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

(P) "MONTGOMERY COUNTY" INCLUDES THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY
REVENUE AUTHORITY.

13-708.

(a) In addition to the powers set forth elsewhere in this subtitle, the Authority
may:

(7) Review and make recommendations on proposed convention center
facilities, including the expansion and enhancement of the Baltimore City Convention
Center and the Ocean City Convention Center AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONFERENCE CENTER, with respect
to location, purpose, design, function, capacity, parking, costs, funding mechanisms, and
revenue alternatives, with specific recommendations on:

(i) The level of support from the private sector;
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