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§ 7-535. Rate stabilization bonds

West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic Utilities

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Public Utilities (Refs & Annos)
Division I. Public Services and Utilities [Titles 1-15] (Refs & Annos)
Title 7. Gas, Electric, and Water Companies (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Electric Industry Restructuring (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Rate Stabilization (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 7-535
Formerly cited as MD PUBLIC UTIL COMP § 7-535
§ 7-535. Rate stabilization bonds
Currentness
Bonds not debt, liability or pledge of full faith and credit of State
(a) A rate stabilization bond issued under this part is not a debt, liability, or a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State or any other governmental unit.
Issuance of bond not moral or other liability of State
(b) The issuance of a rate stabilization bond under this part is not directly, indirectly, or contingently a moral or other obligation of the State or any other governmental unit to levy or pledge any tax or to make an appropriation to pay the rate stabilization bond.
Statements required on bonds
(c) Each rate stabilization bond issued under this part shall state on its face that:
(1) the State and any governmental unit are not obliged to pay the principal of or interest on the bond; and
(2) neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State or any other governmental unit is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on a rate stabilization bond.
Impairment of value of rate stabilization property prohibited
(d)(1) The State pledges, for the benefit and protection of financing parties and the electric company, that it will not take or allow any action that would impair the value of rate stabilization property, or, except as allowed in accordance with §§ 7-531, 7-533, and 7-534 of this subtitle, reduce, alter, or impair the qualified rate stabilization charges to be imposed, collected, and remitted to financing parties, until the principal, interest, and premium, and any other charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with the related rate stabilization bonds have been paid and performed in full.
(2) Any party issuing rate stabilization bonds is authorized to include this pledge in any documentation relating to those bonds.

Credits

Added by Acts 2006, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 5, § 1, eff. June 23, 2006.
MD Code, Public Utilities, § 7-535, MD PUBLIC UTIL § 7-535
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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