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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-19A-05" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="19A" subtitle_name="Maryland Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer College Investment Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The debts, contracts, and obligations of the Plan are not the contracts, debts, or obligations of the State and neither the faith and credit nor taxing power of the State is pledged directly or indirectly or contingently, morally or otherwise, to the payment of the debts, contracts, and obligations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer cannot directly or indirectly or contingently obligate, morally or otherwise, the State to levy or pledge any form of taxation whatsoever for the debts and obligations of the Plan or to make any appropriation for the payment of the debts and obligations of the Plan.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Neither the State nor any eligible educational institution shall be liable for any losses or shortage of funds in the event that the account holder’s investment account balance is insufficient to meet the tuition requirements of an institution attended by the qualified designated beneficiary.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Money of the Plan may not be considered money of the State or deposited in the State Treasury.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Money of the Plan may not be considered money of or commingled with the Maryland Senator Edward J. Kasemeyer Prepaid College Trust.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Money of the Plan may not be considered money of or commingled with the Maryland Broker–Dealer College Investment Plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Money of the Plan may not be considered money of or commingled with the Maryland ABLE Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
