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§ 13-603. Operation of Fund

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCourts and Judicial ProceedingsEffective: July 1, 2015

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Title 13. Court Supporting Agencies (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Circuit Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2015
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 13-603
§ 13-603. Operation of Fund
Currentness
Contents of Fund
(a) The Fund consists of:
(1) Surcharges collected under §§ 7-102(b), 7-202(e), and 7-301(c)(4) of this article and § 13-604 of this subtitle; and
(2) Revenues from copies made on equipment bought through the Fund.
Nature of Fund
(b) The Fund is a nonlapsing revolving fund which is not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
Use of Fund
(c) The Fund shall be used to pay:
(1) The operating expenses of the land records offices of the clerks of the circuit courts and to repair, replace, improve, modernize, and update office equipment and equipment related services in the land records office of the clerk of the circuit court for each county, as the Administrator considers appropriate, with advice from the oversight committee; and
(2) For major information technology development projects of the Judiciary Department, as the Administrator considers appropriate.
Approval of expenditures
(d) Expenditures under this section shall only be made pursuant to an appropriation approved by the General Assembly in the annual State budget prior to the expenditure or obligation of funds.
Audit of Fund
(e) The Fund shall be subject to an audit by the Office of Legislative Audits as provided for in § 2-1220 of the State Government Article.
Disbursements from Fund
(f) Disbursements from the Fund shall supplement and may not be a substitute for any funds designated in the State budget for office equipment and services in the land records office of the clerk of the circuit court for each county.

Credits

Added by Acts 1991, c. 327, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1994, c. 3, § 3, eff. Feb. 28, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 566, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, c. 635, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 636, § 9, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 381, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1998; Acts 2000, c. 244, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2000; Acts 2005, c. 444, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2007, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 7, eff. Jan. 1, 2008; Acts 2010, c. 484, § 2, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2015, c. 488, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015.
MD Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings, § 13-603, MD CTS & JUD PRO § 13-603
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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