Ch. 419 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[and], Youth, AND FAMILIES shall refer grant applications under this section to the
Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board.

(4) The Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board shall review grant
applications under this section and shall make recommendations for final selections to
the Director of the Office for Children [and], Youth, AND FAMILIES.

(5) The [Director] SPECIAL SECRETARY of the Office for Children
[and], Youth, AND FAMILIES shall award or deny grant applications upon reviewing
the recommendations of the Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board.

(f) (1) The funds of the Children's Trust Fund shall supplement and may not
be a substitute for any funds in the State budget for enforcement of the child abuse and
neglect laws, services for child protective services, or child abuse and neglect
prevention, treatment, or education programs.

(2) The [Director] SPECIAL SECRETARY of the Office for Children
[and], Youth, AND FAMILIES may use funds within the Children's Trust Fund to
assist in administering the Fund.

(3) In any fiscal year, such administrative costs paid for from the Fund may
not exceed 5 percent or $25,000, whichever is less, of the moneys available for
distribution from the Fund during that fiscal year.

(g) Each year the Office for Children [and], Youth, AND FAMILIES shall
report to the Governor and, subject to § 2-1312 of the State Government Article, to the
General Assembly on the use of funds disbursed from the Children's Trust Fund and
the activities of the Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board.

(h) Any unexpended funds in the Children's Trust Fund remaining at the end of
a fiscal year may not revert to the General Fund of the State.

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(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) "Board" means the Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board.

(3) ["Director"] "SPECIAL SECRETARY" means the [Director]
SPECIAL SECRETARY of the Office for Children [and], Youth, AND FAMILIES.

(4) "Fund" means the Children's Trust Fund.

(5) "Office" means the Office for Children [and], Youth, AND
FAMILIES.

(b) There is a Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board in the Office,
(c) (1) - The Board consists of 9 members.

(2) The Governor shall appoint the members with consideration to
geographic representation, the business community, and advocacy groups.

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