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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="7-230" title_number="7" title_name="Appropriations" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Disbursements and Expenditures">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Fund” means the Unpresented Checks Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is an Unpresented Checks Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>At the end of each fiscal year, the Treasurer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>identify each check that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has been issued against the money of the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has remained unpresented for 2 years; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request the Comptroller to credit the aggregate amount of the checks to the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>At the end of each fiscal year, the Treasurer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>determine a reasonable minimum balance to retain in the Fund that will be needed to honor each check that is presented after its amount has been credited to the Fund; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request the Comptroller to transfer the balance in the Fund to the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>After the amount of a check has been credited to the Fund, on a warrant charged against the Fund, the Treasurer, the Chief Deputy Treasurer, or a deputy treasurer may reissue a check that is presented for payment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>As required by State or federal law, or as considered proper by the Treasurer, the Treasurer, the Chief Deputy Treasurer, or a deputy treasurer shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>void an unpresented check; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>request the Comptroller to transfer the amount of the voided check to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the original source of the money; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>another fund or account.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Unpresented checks credited to the Fund are not subject to Title 17 of the Commercial Law Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Notwithstanding Title 4, Subtitle 3, Part III of the General Provisions Article, at the end of each fiscal year, the Treasurer may electronically publish on the Treasurer’s Web site the names of payees of checks that have remained unpresented for 2 years or more.</text>
  </level>
</section>
