(a)   Each issuance of a local obligation under § 4-230 of this subtitle
shall be secured by, at the discretion of the Administration, a pledge
of the faith and credit of the issuer or a pledge of specific revenue
of the issuer or the facility being financed as designated and
described in the authorizing ordinance or resolution.
  (b)   If a local obligation is secured by a pledge of the faith and credit of
the issuer to make prompt payment from the tax and other revenues
described in the enabling resolution or ordinance:
    (1)   the pledge is a covenant to levy taxes sufficient to pay the principal
of and interest on the local obligation when due:
      (i)   on all real and tangible personal property that is within the issuer's
corporate limits and subject to assessment for unlimited ad valorem
taxation; and
      (ii)   in each year in which the local obligation is outstanding;
    (2)   if at the time of issuance of a local obligation there is a charter or
statutory limit on the power of the issuer to levy property taxes, the
pledge is a covenant to levy ad valorem taxes, within that limit,
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the local
obligation:
      (i)   on all real and tangible personal property that is within the issuer's
corporate limits and subject to assessment for ad valorem taxation; and
      (ii)   in each year in which the local obligation is outstanding;
    (3)   a local obligation may not be issued if the issuance would cause the
issuer to exceed any limit set by the charter of the issuer or by
statute on the power of the issuer to incur indebtedness; and
    (4)   notwithstanding item (3) of this subsection:
      (i)   a limit on the power to incur indebtedness imposed after the issuance
of a local obligation does not affect that obligation; and
      (ii)   outstanding local obligations of an issuer are not affected by the
issuance of a new local obligation if the new obligation is consistent
with an increase in or the elimination of a limit on the power to incur
indebtedness.
  (c)   (1)   An issuer of a local obligation under § 4-230 of this subtitle may
secure payment by the pledge of specific revenues of the issuer.
    (2)   If a local obligation issued under § 4-230 of this subtitle is
secured by the pledge of specific revenue, the specific revenue may
include:
      (i)   payments to the issuer from the State or federal government;
      (ii)   special benefit assessments, taxes, fees, or service charges that the
issuer has authority to impose, levy, or charge; or
      (iii)   revenue expected to be generated by the facility to be financed.
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