Section 11-402 - Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-402. Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund.
 

(a)  Established.- There is a Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund. 

(b)  Administration.- The Administrative Office of the Courts shall administer the Fund. 

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

(d)  Composition.- The Fund consists of: 

(1) money deposited to the Fund from the surcharge assessed in civil cases under §§ 7-202 and 7-301 of the Courts Article; 

(2) money appropriated to the Fund under § 11-401 of this subtitle; 

(3) interest on attorney trust accounts paid to the Fund under § 10-303 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article; and 

(4) investment earnings of the Fund. 

(e)  Use of Fund.- The Corporation shall use the Fund to provide funding for civil legal services to indigents under this title. 

(f)  Investment.- The Treasurer shall: 

(1) invest and reinvest the Fund in the same manner as other State funds; and 

(2) credit any investment earnings to the Fund. 

(g)  Expenditures.- Expenditures from the Fund shall be made in accordance with an appropriation requested by the Judicial Branch of the State government under § 7-108 of the State Finance and Procurement Article and approved by the General Assembly in the State budget or by the budget amendment procedure under § 7-208.1 of the State Finance and Procurement Article. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 10, § 45-O(c); CJ § 7-408(b)-(g); 2007, ch. 3, § 2.]