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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="18-19B-02" title_number="18" title_name="Student Financial Assistance" subtitle_number="19B" subtitle_name="Maryland Broker-Dealer College Investment Plan">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Treasurer may establish a Maryland Broker–Dealer College Investment Plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Broker–Dealer Plan is to provide for a broker–dealer distributed vehicle that would allow contributions to an investment account established for the purposes of meeting the qualified higher education expenses of the qualified designated beneficiary of the account.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall administer, manage, and promote the Broker–Dealer Plan.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall administer the Broker–Dealer Plan in compliance with Internal Revenue Service standards for qualified state tuition programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall adopt procedures relating to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Enrollment procedures for participation in the Broker–Dealer Plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Start–up costs incurred by the State for the development of the Broker–Dealer Plan with these costs to be reimbursed to the State by the Broker–Dealer Plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Early withdrawals so that there will be no major detriment to the remaining account holders in the Broker–Dealer Plan;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Transfer of funds from the Broker–Dealer Plan to other qualified state tuition programs and from other qualified state tuition programs to the Broker–Dealer Plan in accordance with federal law; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Transfer of funds from the Broker–Dealer Plan to a qualified ABLE program established in accordance with § 529A of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall adopt any other procedures that the State Treasurer considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>At least annually, the State Treasurer shall issue to each account holder a statement that provides a separate accounting for each qualified designated beneficiary providing the following information with respect to each account:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The beginning balance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Contributions to the account;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Withdrawals from the account during the previous year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Ending investment account value.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
