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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-2610" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="26" subtitle_name="Maryland African American Museum Corporation">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Corporation may provide for the creation, continuation, and administration of the funds that it requires.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>As the Board directs, money in the funds and other money of the Corporation shall be deposited in a federal or State chartered depository institution that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has a branch or office in the State that accepts deposits; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has a total paid-in capital plus surplus of at least $6,000,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A federal or State chartered trust company may be designated as a depository to receive securities that the Corporation has or owns.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Money that the State appropriates to the Corporation, and money that the Corporation is required by the General Assembly to raise for museum construction from sources other than the State, shall be invested in bonds or other obligations:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>of the United States, the State, a political subdivision of the State, or a unit of the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>that are guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, the State, a political subdivision of the State, or a unit of the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Corporation shall adopt a system of financial accounting, controls, audits, and reports.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The fiscal year of the Corporation is July 1 to June 30.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Corporation shall select an independent certified public accountant to conduct an audit under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The accountant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall be licensed to practice in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall be experienced and qualified in the accounting and auditing of public bodies; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>may not have a personal interest either directly or indirectly in the fiscal affairs of the Corporation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>As soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year, the accountant shall audit the financial books, records, and accounts of the Corporation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The accountant shall report:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the results of its audit, including an unqualified opinion on the financial position of the Corporation’s funds; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the results of the Corporation’s financial operations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>If the accountant is unable to express an unqualified opinion, the accountant shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>state and explain in detail the reason for any qualifications, disclaimers, or opinions; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>submit recommendations on changes needed to allow an unqualified opinion in the future.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The books, records, and accounts of the Corporation are subject to audit by the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within the first 90 days of each fiscal year, the Corporation shall submit a report to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1257 of this article, to the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a complete operating and financial statement covering the Corporation’s operations during the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a summary of the Corporation’s activities during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
