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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="3-206.1" title_number="3" title_name="Law Enforcement" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide funding for activities and training by the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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>The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>revenue distributed to the Fund under § 7–301 of the Courts Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>interest earnings of the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Fund may be used only to provide funding to the Commission.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For fiscal years 2024 and 2025 only, the Fund may be used to support police and correctional training activities of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall invest the money of the Fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any interest earnings of the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Money distributed from the Fund shall be used to supplement, but not supplant, any other funding for the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The Fund shall be subject to audit by the Legislative Auditor as provided in § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
