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§  980-k.  Tax  and  debt  limitations.  (a)  The  aggregate amount of
outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds  for  capital
improvements  pursuant  to  this article shall be chargeable against the
municipality's constitutional debt limit and may not exceed ten  percent
of  the  amount  allowable  under  that  limit.  The aggregate amount of
outstanding indebtedness that is incurred to provide funds  for  capital
improvements pursuant to this article and that is chargeable against the
property within the district may not exceed seven percent of the average
full valuation of taxable real property in the district.

(b) The district charge, exclusive of debt service, levied in a given year against real property in a district may not exceed twenty percent of the total general municipal taxes levied in that year against the taxable real property in the district. The district charge so levied shall be included in the total amount, if any, that the municipality is permitted by law to raise in that year by a tax on real property.