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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="2-107" title_number="2" title_name="Ambient Air Quality Control" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Maryland Clean Air Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in § 2–1002(g) of this title, all application fees, permit fees, renewal fees, and funds collected by the Department under this title, Title 6, Subtitle 4 of this article, or received from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund under § 9–20B–05(g)(3)(iii) of the State Government Article, including any civil or administrative penalty or any fine imposed by a court under these provisions, shall be paid into the Maryland Clean Air Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to the appropriation process in the annual operating budget, the Department shall use the Maryland Clean Air Fund for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Activities conducted under this title that are related to identifying, mitigating, monitoring, reducing, and regulating air pollution in the State, including program development of these activities as provided in the State budget; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Providing grants to local governments to supplement funding for programs conducted by local governments that are consistent with this title and the State program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article (Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations), the Department shall adopt rules and regulations for the management and use of the money in the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>At the end of the fiscal year, the Department shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Prepare an annual report on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The Maryland Clean Air Fund that includes an accounting of all financial receipts and expenditures to and from the Fund; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Any relevant information regarding the federal approval process, the effectiveness of the permitting program, and any other issues related to the operation of the permitting program established under § 2–401 of this title;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Provide a copy of the report to the General Assembly, as provided under § 2–1257 of the State Government Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Upon request, make the report available to permit holders under this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Money deposited into the Fund is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article and may not revert to the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
