Section 17-206 - State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund - Establishment of fees; disposition of funds. - Maryland Statutes

§ 17-206. State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund - Establishment of fees; disposition of funds.
 

(a)  Fund established.- There is a State Board of Professional Counselors and Therapists Fund. 

(b)  Fees.-  

(1) The Board may set reasonable fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses or certificates and its other services. 

(2) The fees charged shall be set to produce funds so as to approximate the cost of maintaining the Board. 

(3) Funds to cover the expenses of the Board members shall be generated by fees set under this section. 

(c)  Fees - Payment and distribution.-  

(1) The Board shall pay all fees collected under this title to the Comptroller of the State. 

(2) The Comptroller shall distribute the fees to the Fund. 

(d)  Use.-  

(1) The Fund shall be used to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory duties of the Board as provided by the provisions of this article. 

(2) The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund, not subject to § 7-302 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 

(3) Any unspent portions of the Fund may not be transferred or revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall remain in the Fund to be used for the purposes specified in this article. 

(4) No other State money may be used to support the Fund. 

(e)  Administration.-  

(1) A designee of the Board shall administer the Fund. 

(2) Moneys in the Fund may be expended only for any lawful purpose authorized under the provisions of this article. 

(f)  The Legislative Auditor shall audit the accounts and transactions of the Fund as provided in § 2-1220 of the State Government Article. 
 

[1985, ch. 734; 1989, ch. 562; 1990, ch. 6, § 11; 1992, ch. 272, § 1; 1993, ch. 58; 1994, ch. 721; 1997, ch. 635, § 9; ch. 636, § 9; 1999, ch. 437; 2000, ch. 358; 2005, ch. 25, § 13; 2008, ch. 505, § 2.]