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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="2-602" title_number="2" title_name="General Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Securities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Treasurer shall deposit in a box or vault as provided in subsection (b) of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all of the physical securities that the State owns; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all of the physical securities that, by State law, the Treasurer holds, in trust or otherwise, for a corporation or individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With the approval of the Board of Public Works, the Treasurer shall procure a box or vault.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The box or vault shall be located in the offices of the Treasurer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each box or vault in which securities are kept shall be built so that 2 different keys are needed to gain access to the securities.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Comptroller and the Treasurer each shall have 1 of these keys.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Access to a box or vault in which physical securities are kept under this section shall be permitted only:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>when the Governor, the Comptroller, the Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a Deputy Comptroller accompanies the Treasurer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if access is needed and the Treasurer cannot be present:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>when the Governor, the Comptroller, the Chief Deputy Comptroller, or a Deputy Comptroller accompanies the Chief Deputy Treasurer; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>when the Governor, the Comptroller, or the Chief Deputy Comptroller accompanies a Deputy Treasurer.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Treasurer shall determine which physical securities are deposited or held in each box or vault.</text>
  </level>
</section>
