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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="2-110.1" title_number="2" title_name="Public Service Commission and People's Counsel" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Public Service Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a Public Utility Regulation Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all revenue received through the imposition and collection of assessments under § 2–110 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>fees received by the Commission under § 2–123 of this subtitle for filings and for other services rendered by the Commission;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>income from investments that the State Treasurer makes for the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any other fee, examination assessment, or revenue received by the Commission under this division.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, the Commission shall pay all fines and penalties collected by the Commission under this article into the Resiliency Hub Grant Program Fund established under § 9–2011 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to pay all the costs and expenses incurred by the Commission, the Strategic Energy Planning Office, and the Office of People’s Counsel that are related to the operation of the Commission, the Strategic Energy Planning Office, and the Office of People’s Counsel, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>expenditures authorized under this division; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any other expense authorized in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>All the costs and expenses of the Commission, the Strategic Energy Planning Office, and the Office of People’s Counsel shall be included in the State budget.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Expenditures from the Fund to cover costs and expenses of the Commission, the Strategic Energy Planning Office, and Office of People’s Counsel may only be made:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>with an appropriation from the Fund approved by the General Assembly in the State budget; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>by budget amendment in accordance with § 7–209 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Treasurer is the custodian of the Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The State Treasurer shall deposit payments received from the Commission into the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a continuing, special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, and may not be considered a part of the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Unless otherwise provided by law, no part of the Fund may revert or be credited to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the General Fund of the State; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other special fund of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
