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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="4-1703" title_number="4" title_name="Law Enforcement Funds and Grant Programs" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Maryland Entertainment District Security Grant Program Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide funding for grants awarded under the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy 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">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other money from any other source accepted for the benefit of the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Beginning in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Governor may annually appropriate up to $1,000,000 to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Fund may be used only:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to fund grants to community organizations, nonprofit entities, and local governments through the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for costs to administer the Fund.</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 General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>Money expended from the Fund for the Program is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that otherwise would be appropriated for the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
