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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2015" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="20" subtitle_name="Maryland Energy Administration">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Fund” means the Resiliency Hub Grant Program Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Program” means the Resiliency Hub Grant Program established under § 9–2010 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Resiliency Hub Grant Program Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants under the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Administration shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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 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>grant funding obtained under subsection (k) of this section;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>funds distributed to the Fund under § 9–20B–05 of this title and §§ 2–110.1 and 13–201 of the Public Utilities Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>money appropriated in the State budget to the Fund;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>interest earnings; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <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 for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>grants awarded under the Program; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>costs associated with administering the Program and the Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </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>
  <level label="j">
    <text>Money expended from the Fund for the Program is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that otherwise would be appropriated for the Program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Administration and the Maryland Department of Emergency Management, in coordination with any other appropriate unit of State government, shall identify and apply for grant funding, including federal grant funding, to support the Program.</text>
  </level>
</section>
