654                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                   Ch. 275

appropriation law which] NOT BE REQUISITIONED FROM THIS STATE'S
ACCOUNT OR USED EXCEPT FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS AND
FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ARTICLE. THE MONEY MAY BE
REQUISITIONED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 10(C) FOR THE
PAYMENTS OF BENEFITS. THE MONEY MAY ALSO BE
REQUISITIONED AND USED FOR THE PAYMENT OF EXPENSES
INCURRED FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ARTICLE BUT
ONLY PURSUANT TO A SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION BY THE
LEGISLATURE, AND ONLY IF THE EXPENSES ARE INCURRED AND
THE MONEY IS REQUISITIONED AFTER, THE ENACTMENT OF AN
APPROPRIATION LAW WHICH:

(A)    Specifies the purposes for which such money is appropriated and the
amounts appropriated therefor.

(B)     Limits the period within which such money may be [expended]
OBLIGATED to a period ending not more than two years after the date of the
enactment of the appropriation law, and

(C)   Limits the amount which may be [used] OBLIGATED during [(a)] ANY
twelve-month period beginning on July 1 and ending on the next June 30 to an
amount which does not exceed the amount by which

(i)  The aggregate of the amounts credited to the account of this State pursuant
to Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended, during the same
twelve-month period and the [four] TWENTY-FOUR preceding twelve-month
periods, exceeds

(ii) The aggregate of the amounts [used] OBLIGATED FOR
ADMINISTRATION AND PAID OUT FOR BENEFITS AND CHARGED
AGAINST THE AMOUNTS CREDITED TO THE ACCOUNT OF THIS
STATE DURING SUCH TWENTY-FIVE TWELVE-MONTH PERIODS.

(pursuant to this subsection and charged against the amounts credited to the
account of this State during any of such five twelve-month periods. For the
purpose of this subsection, amounts used during any such twelve-month period
shall be charged against equivalent amounts which were first credited and which
are not already so charged; except that no amount used during any such
twelve-month period for administration may be charged against any amount
credited during such a twelve-month period earlier than the fourth preceding such
period.

(2)  Money credited to the account of this State pursuant to Section 903 of the
Social Security Act, as amended, may not be withdrawn or used except for the
payment of benefits and for the payment of expenses for the administration of this
article and of public employment offices pursuant to this subsection.]

(2) AMOUNTS CREDITED TO THIS STATE'S ACCOUNT IN THE
UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND UNDER SECTION 903 OF THE
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AS AMENDED, WHICH ARE OBLIGATED
FOR ADMINISTRATION OR PAID OUT FOR BENEFITS SHALL BE
CHARGED AGAINST EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS WHICH WERE FIRST
CREDITED AND WHICH ARE NOT ALREADY SO CHARGED; EXCEPT
THAT NO AMOUNT OBLIGATED FOR ADMINISTRATION DURING A
TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY BE CHARGED
AGAINST ANY AMOUNT CREDITED DURING SUCH A
TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD EARLIER THAN THE TWENTY-FOURTH
PRECEDING SUCH PERIOD.