ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 10

extent of any such funds received or receivable in any fiscal year, taxes that might
otherwise be required to be levied under this Act may be reduced or need not be
levied.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the County is hereby
further authorized and empowered, at any time and from time to time, to issue its
bonds in the manner hereinabove described for the purpose of refunding, upon
purchase or redemption, any bonds issued under this Act. The validity of any
refunding bonds shall in no way be dependent upon or related to the validity or
invalidity of the obligations being refunded. The powers granted under this Act with
respect to the issuance of bonds shall be applicable to the issuance of refunding bonds.
Such refunding bonds may be issued by the County for the purpose of providing it
with funds to purchase in the open market any of its outstanding bonds issued under
this Act, prior to their maturity, or for the purpose of providing it with funds for the
redemption prior to maturity of any outstanding bonds which are, by their terms,
redeemable. The proceeds of the sale of any refunding bonds shall be segregated and
set apart by the County as a separate trust fund to be used solely for the purpose of
paying the purchase or redemption prices of the bonds to be refunded.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the County may, prior to
the preparation of definitive bonds, issue interim certificates or temporary bonds,
exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are
available for delivery. The County may, by appropriate resolution, provide for the
replacement of any bonds issued under this Act which may have become mutilated or
lost or destroyed upon whatever conditions and after receiving whatever indemnity as
the County may require.

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That any and all obligations
issued under this Act, their transfer, the interest payable on them, and any income
derived from them from time to time (including any profit made in their sale) shall be
and are hereby declared to be at all times exempt from State, county, municipal, or
other taxation of every kind and nature whatsoever within the State of Maryland.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the authority to borrow
money and issue bonds conferred on the County by this Act shall be deemed to provide
additional, alternative, and supplemental authority for borrowing money and shall be
regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred upon the County by
other laws and may not be regarded as in derogation of any power now existing; and
all previously enacted laws authorizing the County to borrow money are hereby
continued to the extent that the power contained in them is continuing or has not
been exercised, unless any law is expressly repealed by this Act, and the validity of
any bonds issued under previously enacted laws is hereby ratified, confirmed, and
approved. This Act, being necessary for the welfare of the inhabitants of the County,
shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed to the extent of any
inconsistency.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2004.

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