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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="5-104" title_number="5" title_name="Economic Development and Financial Assistance Programs" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>invest in a specialized small business investment company created in accordance with the federal Small Business Investment Act of 1958; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>to the extent allowed by federal law, do anything necessary or convenient to fully participate in the formation and operation of a specialized small business investment company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary may use money to finance a specialized small business investment company from accounts within:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Enterprise Fund established under Subtitle 6 of this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority established under Subtitle 5 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
