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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="6-2A-01" title_number="6" title_name="Charitable Organizations and Charitable Representatives" subtitle_number="2A" subtitle_name="Charitable Enforcement Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle, “Fund” means the Charitable Enforcement Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Charitable Enforcement Fund in the Office of the Secretary of State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to support the actions of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General in administering and enforcing this title and Title 6.5 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary of State shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>revenue distributed to the Fund under §§ 6–302 and 6–407 of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Fund may be used only to support the actions of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General in carrying out the duties of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General under this title and Title 6.5 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
