The Pool shall manage and invest all money collected by or on behalf of the Pool through premium charges, assessments, earnings from investments, or otherwise, through a financial management committee composed of the Executive Director and two members of the Board. All operating expenses of the Pool shall be paid from funds collected by or on behalf of the Pool. The account of the Pool is a special fund account and the money in the account is not part of the General Fund of the State. The State may not provide General Fund appropriations to the Pool and the obligations of the Pool are not a debt of the State or a pledge of the credit of the State. All debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Pool, whenever incurred, shall be the debts, claims, obligations, and liabilities of the Pool only and not of the State or the State’s agencies, instrumentalities, officers, or employees. The Pool is exempt from: taxation by the State and local government; the general procurement law provisions of Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article; and Division I of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.