Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 3-217
Terms Used In Maryland Code, NATURAL RESOURCES 3-217
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(b) The purpose of the Fund is to finance the Program.
(c) The Trust shall administer the Fund.
(d) (1) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(2) The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.
(e) The Fund consists of:
(1) Money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;
(2) Interest earnings;
(3) Repayments of principal and interest from loans made under the Program; and
(4) Any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.
(f) The Governor may include in the annual budget bill an appropriation to the Fund.
(g) The Fund may be used only to provide funding for the Program.
(h) (1) The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.
(2) Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
(i) Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.
(j) Money expended from the Fund for the Program is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that otherwise would be appropriated for the Program.