(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Division I - Public Services and Utilities
Title 7 - Gas, Electric, and Water Companies
Subtitle 5 - Electric Industry Restructuring
Section 7-522 - Filing Rate Stabilization Plan
Section 7-524 - Tariffs Implementing Rate Stabilization Plan; Application for Qualified Rate Order
Section 7-525 - Recovery of Actual Cost of Deferred Expenses
Section 7-526 - Application for Qualified Rate Order
Section 7-527 - Order to Include Costs and Recovery Time Period
Section 7-528 - Effectiveness and Irrevocability; Review
Section 7-529 - Time Limit for Commission's Decision
Section 7-530 - Qualified Rate Stabilization Charges -- Imposition and Collection Are Nonbypassable
Section 7-531 - Commission to Establish Procedures and Time Frames for Review
Section 7-532 - Termination, Expiration, and Extension of Orders
Section 7-533 - Retiring and Refunding Bonds
Section 7-534 - Modified or Additional Qualified Rate Orders
Section 7-535 - Bond Not Debt, Liability, or Pledge of State or Governmental Unit
Section 7-536 - Permissible Provisions of Order
Section 7-537 - Rate Stabilization Property
Section 7-538 - Exemption From Taxes and Charges
Section 7-539 - Status of Agreement as Sale
Section 7-541 - Required Statements in Electric Bills
Section 7-542 - Liens or Assignments of Rate Stabilization Property
Section 7-543 - Successors to Perform and Satisfy Obligations