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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="6-209" title_number="6" title_name="Revenues" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Treasury">
  <level label="a">
    <text>State money on deposit with a financial institution shall be secured by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>deposit insurance; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>collateral as required by this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The collateral for State money on deposit with a financial institution:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>must have, at all times, a market value that equals or exceeds the State money that is on deposit with the financial institution and is not covered by deposit insurance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>must be approved by the Treasurer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the collateral is a surety bond under § 6-202 of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the surety bond shall be in a form and amount acceptable to the Treasurer as determined by the Treasurer from time to time; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the financial institution that provides the surety bond as collateral shall immediately notify the Treasurer if the rating assigned to the issuing insurance company by any rating agency, found acceptable to the Treasurer under § 6-202 of this subtitle, is withdrawn or downgraded, in which event the financial institution shall immediately provide the Treasurer with substitute collateral permitted under § 6-202 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection, a financial institution may change its collateral from time to time.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A custodian shall hold the collateral under this section for the benefit of the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A financial institution may use as a custodian:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>any banking institution that is approved by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation to conduct commercial banking business in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a federal reserve bank; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any national banking association that is approved by the Comptroller of the Currency to conduct banking business in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A financial institution may not be approved as custodian for the collateral of a depositary unless the assets of the financial institution equal or exceed 200% of the value of the collateral to be held for the depositary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
