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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="6-213" title_number="6" title_name="Revenues" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="State Treasury">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, in accordance with regulations and policies adopted by the Treasurer and the Comptroller, each unit of the State government shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pay into depositaries designated by the Treasurer for the account of the State Treasury all collections, fees, income, and other revenues that are received by the unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>account to the Comptroller for those revenues.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Comptroller shall credit the revenues that a unit pays into depositaries designated by the Treasurer for the account of the State Treasury:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>to the account that the law specifies; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the law does not specify an account, to an account that the Comptroller designates for the use of the unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Comptroller:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall exempt revenues from the requirements of subsection (a) of this section if the Comptroller determines that the exemption would be in the public interest; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may rescind an exemption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Comptroller shall keep a record that shows each exemption and the reasons for it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The records shall be kept in the Office of the Comptroller and shall be open to public inspection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “State institution” includes a hospital or center that the State operates.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Treasurer may exclude from the State Treasury the personal funds that a State institution holds for its residents or clients.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A State institution shall use, as a depositary for these funds, a financial institution that the Treasurer approves.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Treasurer may require the submission of a proposed agreement between the State institution and the financial institution and may approve or disapprove the agreement.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>The accounts established by a State institution shall be interest bearing accounts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>All interest on money of a resident or client of a State institution shall be credited to the resident or client.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>A State institution shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>keep records of all transactions that involve money of a resident or client; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the resident or client with a statement of those transactions at least each 6 months and on discharge. �</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
