Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Senate Bill SB1012 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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5	5	sb1012
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7	7	SENATE BILL 1012
8	8	O3, O1 4lr2070
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10	10	By: Senator Charles
11	11	Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
12	12	Assigned to: Budget and Taxation and Education, Energy, and the Environment
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14	14	A BILL ENTITLED
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16	16	AN ACT concerning 1
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18	18	Veterans Affairs – Disabled Veterans Guaranteed Basic Income 2
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20	20	FOR the purpose of establishing the Disabled Veterans Guaranteed Basic Income Program; 3
21	21	establishing the Disabled Veterans Guaranteed Basic Income Fund as a special, 4
22	22	nonlapsing fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; 5
23	23	requiring, beginning in a certain fiscal year, the Governor to include in the annual 6
24	24	budget bill a certain appropriation to the Fund; authorizing the appropriation to the 7
25	25	Fund to be drawn from the State Lottery Fund or video lottery terminal proceeds; 8
26	26	and generally relating to a guaranteed basic income for disabled veterans. 9
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28	28	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
29	29	Article – State Finance and Procurement 11
30	30	Section 6–226(a)(2)(i) 12
31	31	Annotated Code of Maryland 13
32	32	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 14
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34	34	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 15
35	35	Article – State Finance and Procurement 16
36	36	Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)189. and 190. 17
37	37	Annotated Code of Maryland 18
38	38	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 19
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40	40	BY adding to 20
41	41	Article – State Finance and Procurement 21
42	42	Section 6–226(a)(2)(ii)191. 22
43	43	Annotated Code of Maryland 23
44	44	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 24
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46	46	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 25
47	47	Article – State Government 26
48	48	Section 9–120(a) and (b)(2) and 9–901(a) and (c) 27 2 SENATE BILL 1012
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51	51	Annotated Code of Maryland 1
52	52	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 2
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54	54	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 3
55	55	Article – State Government 4
56	56	Section 9–120(b)(1)(xii) and (xiii) and 9–1A–27(a) 5
57	57	Annotated Code of Maryland 6
58	58	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 7
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60	60	BY adding to 8
61	61	Article – State Government 9
62	62	Section 9–120(b)(1)(xiii); and 9–960 through 9–964 to be under the new part “Part 10
63	63	IX. Disabled Veterans Guaranteed Basic Income” 11
64	64	Annotated Code of Maryland 12
65	65	(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
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67	67	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
68	68	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
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70	70	Article – State Finance and Procurement 16
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72	72	6–226. 17
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74	74	(a) (2) (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and unless 18
75	75	inconsistent with a federal law, grant agreement, or other federal requirement or with the 19
76	76	terms of a gift or settlement agreement, net interest on all State money allocated by the 20
77	77	State Treasurer under this section to special funds or accounts, and otherwise entitled to 21
78	78	receive interest earnings, as accounted for by the Comptroller, shall accrue to the General 22
79	79	Fund of the State. 23
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81	81	(ii) The provisions of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph do not apply 24
82	82	to the following funds: 25
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84	84	189. the Teacher Retention and Development Fund; [and] 26
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86	86	190. the Protecting Against Hate Crimes Grant Fund; AND 27
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88	88	191. THE DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC 28
89	89	INCOME FUND. 29
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91	91	Article – State Government 30
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93	93	9–120. 31
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95	95	(a) The Comptroller shall distribute, or cause to be distributed, the State Lottery 32
96	96	Fund to pay: 33
97	97	SENATE BILL 1012 3
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100	100	(1) on a pro rata basis for the daily and nondaily State lottery games, the 1
101	101	expenses of administering and operating the State lottery, as authorized under this subtitle 2
102	102	and the State budget; and 3
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104	104	(2) then, except as provided in § 10–113.1 of the Family Law Article, § 4
105	105	11–618 of the Criminal Procedure Article, and § 3–307 of the State Finance and 5
106	106	Procurement Article, the holder of each winning ticket or share. 6
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108	108	(b) (1) By the end of the month following collection, the Comptroller shall 7
109	109	deposit, cause to be deposited, or pay: 8
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111	111	(xii) after June 30, 2023, into the Prince George’s County Blue Line 9
112	112	Corridor Facility Fund established under § 10–657.6 of the Economic Development Article 10
113	113	from the money that remains in the State Lottery Fund from the proceeds of all lotteries 11
114	114	after the distributions under subsection (a) of this section and items (i) through (xi) of this 12
115	115	paragraph, an amount not to exceed $27,000,000 to be paid in two installments not later 13
116	116	than November 1 and June 1 of each fiscal year; [and] 14
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118	118	(XIII) AFTER JUNE 30, 2024, INTO THE DISABLED VETERANS 15
119	119	GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME FUND ESTABLISHED U NDER § 9–963 OF THIS TITLE 16
120	120	FROM THE MONEY THAT REMAINS IN THE STATE LOTTERY FUND FROM THE 17
121	121	PROCEEDS OF ALL LOTT ERIES AFTER THE DIST RIBUTIONS UNDER SUBS ECTION (A) 18
122	122	OF THIS SECTION AND ITEMS (I) THROUGH (XII) OF THIS PARAGRAPH , AN AMOUNT 19
123	123	NOT TO EXCEED $5,000,000; AND 20
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125	125	[(xiii)] (XIV) into the General Fund of the State the money that remains 21
126	126	in the State Lottery Fund from the proceeds of all lotteries after the distributions under 22
127	127	subsection (a) of this section and items (i) through [(xii)] (XIII) of this paragraph. 23
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129	129	(2) The money paid into the General Fund under this subsection is 24
130	130	available in the fiscal year in which the money accumulates in the State Lottery Fund. 25
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132	132	9–1A–27. 26
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134	134	(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and § 27
135	135	9–1A–26(a)(3) of this subtitle, on a properly approved transmittal prepared by the 28
136	136	Commission, the Comptroller shall pay the following amounts from the proceeds of video 29
137	137	lottery terminals at each video lottery facility: 30
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139	139	(1) (i) on or before March 31, 2015, 2% to the State Lottery and Gaming 31
140	140	Control Agency for costs as defined in § 9–1A–01 of this subtitle; and 32
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142	142	(ii) beginning April 1, 2015, 1% to the State Lottery and Gaming 33
143	143	Control Agency for costs as defined in § 9–1A–01 of this subtitle; 34
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147	147	(2) to the video lottery operation licensee, the percentage stated in the 1
148	148	accepted application for the location, not to exceed, except as provided in subsection (b) of 2
149	149	this section, 33%; 3
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151	151	(3) 5.5% in local impact grants, in accordance with § 9–1A–31 of this 4
152	152	subtitle; 5
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154	154	(4) 6% to the Purse Dedication Account established under § 9–1A–28 of this 6
155	155	subtitle, not to exceed a total of $100,000,000 to the Account annually; 7
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157	157	(5) (i) until the issuance of a video lottery operation license in 8
158	158	Baltimore City, 1.75% to the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account established under § 9
159	159	9–1A–29 of this subtitle and distributed in accordance with that section; and 10
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161	161	(ii) on or after the issuance of a video lottery operation license in 11
162	162	Baltimore City, 1% to the Racetrack Facility Renewal Account established under § 12
163	163	9–1A–29 of this subtitle and distributed in accordance with that section, not to exceed a 13
164	164	total of $20,000,000 to the Account annually; 14
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166	166	(6) (i) except as provided in items (ii) and (iii) of this item, 1.5% to the 15
167	167	Small, Minority, and Women–Owned Businesses Account established under § 5–1501 of 16
168	168	the Economic Development Article; 17
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170	170	(ii) for fiscal year 2018, 1.5% to the General Fund to pay a portion of 18
171	171	the costs of the grants provided under Chapters 6 and 607 of the Acts of the General 19
172	172	Assembly of 2017; and 20
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174	174	(iii) for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, 1.5% to the Education Trust Fund 21
175	175	established under § 9–1A–30 of this subtitle; 22
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177	177	(7) (i) except as provided in items (ii) and (iii) of this item, 6% to the 23
178	178	video lottery operation licensee if the video lottery operation licensee owns or leases each 24
179	179	video lottery terminal device and the associated equipment and software; 25
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181	181	(ii) 8% to the video lottery operation licensee in Anne Arundel 26
182	182	County; and 27
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184	184	(iii) 10% to the video lottery operation licensee in Allegany County or 28
185	185	Worcester County if the video lottery operation licensee assumes ownership or the right to 29
186	186	lease each video lottery terminal device and the associated equipment and software used 30
187	187	by the facility before January 1, 2019; 31
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189	189	(8) beginning after the issuance of a video lottery operation license for a 32
190	190	video lottery facility in Prince George’s County, 8% to the video lottery operation licensee 33
191	191	in Anne Arundel County and 7% to the licensee in Baltimore City for: 34
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195	195	(i) marketing, advertising, and promotional costs required under § 1
196	196	9–1A–23 of this subtitle; and 2
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198	198	(ii) capital improvements at the video lottery facilities; 3
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200	200	(9) to each video lottery operation licensee, an amount equal to 20% of the 4
201	201	amount paid by the video lottery licensee under § 9–1A–13 of this subtitle, for costs required 5
202	202	under § 9–1A–23 of this subtitle for marketing, advertising, and promotions that 6
203	203	exclusively target out–of–state audiences; [and] 7
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205	205	(10) TO THE DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME 8
206	206	FUND, TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE APPROPRIATION RE QUIRED UNDER § 9–964 OF 9
207	207	THIS TITLE; AND 10
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209	209	(11) the remainder to the Education Trust Fund established under § 11
210	210	9–1A–30 of this subtitle. 12
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212	212	9–901. 13
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214	214	(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 14
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216	216	(c) “Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs. 15
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218	218	9–958. RESERVED. 16
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220	220	9–959. RESERVED. 17
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222	222	PART IX. DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME. 18
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224	224	9–960. 19
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226	226	(A) IN THIS PART THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 20
227	227	INDICATED. 21
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229	229	(B) “DISABLED VETERAN ” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO: 22
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231	231	(1) IS HONORABLY DISCHAR GED OR RELEASED UNDE R HONORABLE 23
232	232	CIRCUMSTANCES FROM A CTIVE MILITARY , NAVAL, AIR, OR SPACE SERVICE AS 24
233	233	DEFINED IN 38 U.S.C. § 101 AFTER 4 OR MORE YEARS OF ACT IVE DUTY SERVICE ; 25
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235	235	(2) IS AT LEAST 6 MONTHS REMOVED FROM THE SEPARATION OF 26
236	236	SERVICE THAT QUALIFI ES THE INDIVIDUAL UN DER ITEM (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION ; 27
237	237	AND 28
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241	241	(3) HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 1
242	242	AFFAIRS TO HAVE A PER MANENT 70% SERVICE–CONNECTED DISABILITY THAT 2
243	243	RESULTS FROM BLINDNES S OR ANY OTHER DISABLING CAUS E THAT: 3
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245	245	(I) IS REASONABLY CERTAI N TO CONTINUE FOR TH E LIFE OF 4
246	246	THE VETERAN ; AND 5
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248	248	(II) WAS NOT CAUSED OR IN CURRED BY MISCONDUCT OF THE 6
249	249	VETERAN. 7
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251	251	(C) “ENROLLED” MEANS THE DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEW ED AND ACCEPTED 8
252	252	AN INDIVIDUAL ’S APPLICATION TO REC EIVE BASIC INCOME TH ROUGH THE 9
253	253	PROGRAM. 10
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255	255	(D) “FUND” MEANS THE DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC 11
256	256	INCOME FUND. 12
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258	258	(E) “PROGRAM” MEANS THE DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC 13
259	259	INCOME PROGRAM. 14
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261	261	9–961. 15
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263	263	(A) THERE IS A DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME 16
264	264	PROGRAM. 17
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266	266	(B) THE PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT . 18
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268	268	9–962. 19
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270	270	(A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL : 20
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272	272	(1) ESTABLISH A PROCESS TO REVIEW THE ELIGIB ILITY OF A 21
273	273	DISABLED VETERAN TO ENROLL IN THE PROGRAM; 22
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275	275	(2) ENROLL ELIGIBLE DISABLED VE TERANS INTO THE PROGRAM; 23
276	276	AND 24
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278	278	(3) DISTRIBUTE $200 PER MONTH FROM THE FUND TO AN ENROLLED 25
279	279	DISABLED VETERAN . 26
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281	281	(B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REVI EW THE ELIGIBILITY O F AN ENROLLED 27
282	282	DISABLED VETERAN ON A REGULAR BASIS . 28
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286	286	(C) THE DEPARTME NT MAY ADOPT REGULAT IONS TO IMPLEMENT TH IS 1
287	287	PART. 2
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289	289	9–963. 3
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291	291	(A) THERE IS A DISABLED VETERANS GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME FUND. 4
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293	293	(B) THE PURPOSE OF THE FUND IS TO PROVIDE AD EQUATE FUNDING FOR A 5
294	294	GUARANTEED BASIC INC OME BENEFIT FOR DISABLED VETERAN S. 6
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296	296	(C) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADMINISTER THE FUND. 7
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298	298	(D) (1) THE FUND IS A SPECIAL , NONLAPSING FUND THAT IS NOT 8
299	299	SUBJECT TO § 7–302 OF THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE. 9
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301	301	(2) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL HOLD THE FUND SEPARATELY , 10
302	302	AND THE COMPTROLLER SHALL ACC OUNT FOR THE FUND. 11
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304	304	(E) THE FUND CONSISTS OF : 12
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306	306	(1) MONEY APPROPRIATED I N THE STATE BUDGET TO THE FUND; 13
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308	308	(2) INTEREST EARNINGS ; AND 14
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310	310	(3) ANY OTHER MONEY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE ACC EPTED FOR 15
311	311	THE BENEFIT OF THE FUND. 16
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313	313	(F) THE FUND MAY BE USED ONLY FOR: 17
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315	315	(1) PROVIDING GUARANTEED BASIC INCOME TO DISA BLED VETERANS 18
316	316	ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM; AND 19
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318	318	(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPEN SES. 20
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320	320	(G) THE STATE TREASURER SHALL INVES T THE MONEY OF THE FUND IN 21
321	321	THE SAME MANNER AS O THER STATE MONEY MAY BE IN VESTED. 22
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323	323	(H) EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND MAY BE MADE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE 23
324	324	WITH THE STATE BUDGET . 24
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326	326	9–964. 25
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330	330	(A) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR THE REAFTER, THE 1
331	331	GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE ANNUA L BUDGET BILL AN APPROPRIATION OF 2
332	332	$5,000,000 TO THE FUND. 3
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334	334	(B) TO MAKE THE APPROPRIA TION REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF 4
335	335	THIS SECTION, THE GOVERNOR MAY DRAW FROM : 5
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337	337	(1) THE STATE LOTTERY FUND; OR 6
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339	339	(2) THE PROCEEDS OF VIDE O LOTTERY TERMINALS AT EACH VIDEO 7
340	340	LOTTERY FACILITY , AS PROVIDED IN § 9–1A–27 OF THIS TITLE. 8
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342	342	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 9
343	343	1, 2024. 10