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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="14-122" title_number="14" title_name="Gas and Oil" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="In General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is an Oil and Gas Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Fees collected by the Department under § 14–105 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Funds appropriated by the General Assembly for deposit to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Fines and proceeds from financial assurance instruments collected by the Department in accordance with this subtitle that exceed the amount necessary to reclaim a site; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any additional money made available from any sources, public or private, for the purposes for which the Fund has been established.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <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>Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, unused money in the Fund may not revert to the General Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Fund shall be maintained and administered by the Department in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle and any regulations the Department adopts.</text>
  </level>
</section>
