Maryland Environment Section 9-640

      (a)      In this section "governmental agency" means:

            (1)      The federal government;

            (2)      This State; or

            (3)      An agency or instrumentality of the federal government or this State.

      (b)      A district may borrow from a governmental agency the amount of money that the sanitary commission considers necessary to pay the organization and planning costs for a project or a service area, including costs for:

            (1)      Engineering services;

            (2)      Legal services;

            (3)      Estimates of costs;

            (4)      Estimates of revenue;

            (5)      Plans or specifications; and

            (6)      Surveys.

      (c)      (1)      A district may not pay interest on money borrowed from a governmental agency under this section.

            (2)      If a district borrows from a governmental agency under this section, the district shall repay the lending governmental agency:

                  (i)      When work begins on the water system or sewerage system for which the borrowing was made; and

                  (ii)      Only from funds or bond revenues that, under this subtitle, relate to the project.