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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="2-303" title_number="2" title_name="Department of Agriculture" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall set reasonable fees necessary to carry out its responsibilities under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fees charged shall be set so as to produce funds to approximate the cost of maintaining the Board as provided in subsection (e) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Board shall publish in its rules and regulations the fees that it sets.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board shall pay all fees collected under the provisions of this title to the Comptroller of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Comptroller shall distribute the fees received from the Board to the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund shall be used exclusively to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the Board as provided by the provisions of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund, not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Any unspent portions of the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund may not be transferred or revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The chairman of the Board or the designee of the chairman shall administer the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money in the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund may be expended only for any lawful purpose authorized by the provisions of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Legislative Auditor shall audit the accounts and transactions of the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners Fund as provided in § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
