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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="8-8A-13" title_number="8" title_name="Soil Conservation" subtitle_number="8A" subtitle_name="Food Processing Residuals">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall set reasonable fees necessary to carry out its responsibilities regulating the utilization of food processing residuals under this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fees charged shall be set so as to produce funds to approximate the cost of administering the Department’s responsibilities regulating the utilization of food processing residuals under this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall pay all fees collected under the provisions of this subtitle to the Comptroller.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Comptroller shall distribute the fees received from the Department to the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund shall be used exclusively to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the Department as provided by the provisions of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing special fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any unspent portion of the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund may not be transferred or revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Food Processing Residuals Administration Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary or the Secretary’s designee shall administer the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money in the Fund may be expended only for any lawful purpose authorized under the provisions of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The accounts and transactions of the Fund shall be subject to audit as provided in § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
