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<section article="ggp" article_name="General Provisions" number="5-210" title_number="5" title_name="Maryland Public Ethics Law" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Ethics Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a Lobbyist Registration Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Fund consists of all fees collected under Subtitle 7 of this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any balance remaining in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall revert to the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State funds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Expenditures from the Fund shall be made in accordance with an appropriation approved by the General Assembly in the annual budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Fund shall be used to defray the expenses of administering Subtitle 7 of this title.</text>
  </level>
</section>
