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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-1102" effective_note="EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 364 OF 2021" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="11">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Pretrial Services Program Grant Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants to eligible counties to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish pretrial services programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>improve existing pretrial services programs to comply with § 4–1104 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>conduct pretrial risk scoring instrument validations in compliance with § 5–103 of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Executive Director shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <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 in conjunction with the Executive Director.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>interest earnings of the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Fund may be used only to provide grants to eligible counties to establish or improve pretrial services programs.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <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="h">
    <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>The accounts and transactions of the Fund shall be subject to audit by the Legislative Auditor as provided in § 2–1220 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
