Maryland Statutes
Part III - Rate Stabilization
Section 7-535 - Bond Not Debt, Liability, or Pledge of State or Governmental Unit

(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

Maryland Statutes

Public Utilities

Division I - Public Services and Utilities

Title 7 - Gas, Electric, and Water Companies

Subtitle 5 - Electric Industry Restructuring

Part III - Rate Stabilization

Section 7-520 - Definitions

Section 7-521 - Applicability

Section 7-522 - Filing Rate Stabilization Plan

Section 7-523 - Deferrals

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 7-540 - Interest of Assignee or Pledgee Not Subject to Setoff, Counterclaim, Surcharge, or Defense; Order Effective Despite Bankruptcy

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

Section 7-544 - Assignees or Financing Parties Not Considered Public Service Company or Electric Supplier