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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="4-322" title_number="4" title_name="Department of General Services" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Broker rebate fee” is a commission sharing payment based on an established commission rebate percentage.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Fund” means the Department of General Services Broker Rebate Fee Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Department of General Services Broker Rebate Fee Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide funding to support the actions of the Secretary in implementing, regulating, administering, and enforcing this part.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>administer the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>direct any broker rebate fees collected under this part to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of this 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 from broker rebate fees received in connection with any lease of building space by the State under this part;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>interest earnings; 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">
    <text>The Fund may be used only to cover the expenses, including administrative expenses, of the Department in carrying out the requirements of this title.</text>
  </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">
    <text>Expenditures from the Fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
