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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-912.2" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Department of Veterans and Military Families">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Bed lease payments” means a daily rate paid by the contractor that operates the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home to the State in lease payments based on the total number of beds, regardless of whether all of the beds are filled.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Fund” means the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Fund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>There is a Charlotte Hall Veterans Home Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The purpose of the Fund is to maintain the operation of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary shall administer the Fund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <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="ii">
        <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph, any unspent portions of the Fund may not be transferred to or revert to the General Fund of the State.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If, after deducting all expenses authorized under subsection (g) of this section, the remaining balance of the revenue to the Department from bed lease payments at the end of a fiscal year is greater than 10% of the total budget of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home for that fiscal year, the amount of the remaining balance that is in excess of 10% of the total budget shall revert to the General Fund of the State.</text>
      </level>
    </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 bed lease payments.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The Fund may be used only for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the salaries and benefits of the departmental staff of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>improvements to the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other operating expenses of the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home.</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 General Fund of the State.</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 Charlotte Hall Veterans Home is supplemental to, and is not intended to take the place of, funding that otherwise would be appropriated for the Charlotte Hall Veterans Home.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The Office of Legislative Audits shall audit the accounts and transactions of the Fund as provided in § 2–1220 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
