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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="7-216.1" title_number="7" title_name="Secretary of State" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of State Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is a special fund in the Division of State Documents.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The purpose of the fund is to pay the costs of publishing and distributing the products of the Division.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administrator of the Division shall administer the fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Treasurer shall hold the fund separately and the Comptroller shall account for the fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The fund consists of revenue received by the Division in payment of its products.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The fund may be used only for the expenses of production and distribution of its products and to support the operations of the Division.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Treasurer shall invest the money in the fund in the same manner as other State money may be invested.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any investment earnings in the fund shall be credited to the General Fund of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>Expenditures from the fund may be made only in accordance with the State budget.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>Money expended from the fund for the production and distribution of the Division’s products is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that otherwise would be appropriated for the production and distribution of the Division’s products.</text>
  </level>
</section>
