WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                     Ch. 14

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That funds
appropriated by this bill may be transferred among programs in
accordance with the procedure provided in §§ 7-205 through 7-212,
inclusive, of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That except as
otherwise provided, amounts received from sources estimated or
calculated upon in the budget in excess of the estimates for any
special or federal fund appropriations listed in this bill may be
made available by approved budget amendment. Provided, however,
that no special fund appropriation listed in this bill may be
increased using funds from any of the following sources:

(a) Lottery Fund

(b) Environmental Trust Fund

(c) Waterway Improvement Fund

SECTION 8. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Comptroller
may advance funds from any loan fund account to any other loan
fund account established pursuant to a General Obligation Loan
Enabling Act, under the authority of which General Obligation
Bonds have been issued, for any expenditure authorized by such
Act; and the Comptroller may advance funds to any loan fund
account established pursuant to a General Obligation Loan
Enabling Act, under the authority of which General Obligation
Bonds have been issued, for any expenditures authorized by such
Act provided that the funds so advanced do not exceed the amounts
included in a scheduled sale of General Obligation Bonds.

SECTION 9. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That authorization is
hereby granted to transfer by budget amendment General Fund
amounts for the operations of State office buildings and
facilities to the budgets of the various agencies and departments
occupying the buildings.

SECTION 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That $5,839,823 is
appropriated in the various agency budgets for tort claims
(including motor vehicles) under the provisions of State
Government Article, Title 12, Subtitle 1, the Maryland Tort
Claims Act (MTCA). These funds are to be transferred to the State
Insurance Trust Fund; these funds, together with funds
appropriated in prior budgets for tort claims but unexpended, are
the only funds available to make payments under the provisions of
the MTCA. Tort claims, paid from the State Insurance Trust Fund,
are limited by budgetary appropriation and by State Treasurer's
regulations to payments of $50,000 to a single claimant for
injuries arising from a single incident or occurrence.

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