ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 430

(2)     The fees assessed by the Commission shall be used exclusively to
cover the actual documented direct costs of fulfilling the statutory and regulatory
duties of the Commission in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle. FOR
FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006 FISCAL YEAR 2005, THE COSTS OF THE COMMISSION
INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF
OF THE COMMISSION. THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID BY THE COMMISSION TO THE
DEPARTMENT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS WILL BE CALCULATED IN THE SAME
MANNER AS INDIRECT COSTS FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, LESS OVERHEAD COSTS PAID
DIRECTLY BY THE COMMISSION.

(3)     The Commission shall pay all funds collected from the fees assessed
in accordance with this section into the Fund.

(4)     The fees assessed may be expended only for purposes authorized by
the provisions of this subtitle.

(5)     The amount in paragraph (1) of this subsection limits only the total
fees the Commission may assess in a fiscal year.

19-208.

(a)     The power of the Secretary over plans, proposals, and projects of units in
the Department does not include the power to disapprove or modify any decision or
determination that the Commission makes under authority specifically delegated by
law to the Commission.

(b)     The power of the Secretary to transfer by rule, regulation, or written
directive, any staff, functions, or funds of units in the Department does not apply to
any staff, function, or funds of the Commission. FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006
FISCAL YEAR 2005, THE SECRETARY MAY ASSESS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE,
CONSISTENT WITH THE INDIRECT COST CHARGE ASSESSED TO FEDERAL GRANTS, TO
FUND SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.

(c)      (1) The power of the Secretary over the procurement procedure for units
in the Department does not apply to the procurement procedure for the Commission.

(2) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, any
procurement for services to be performed or for supplies to be delivered to the
Commission is subject to the purposes and requirements of the State Finance and
Procurement Article.

19-213.

(c)      (1) (I) The FOR EACH OF FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006 FISCAL YEAR
2005, THE total user fees assessed by the Commission may not exceed [$4,000,000]
$4,500,000 in any fiscal year.

(II) FOR FISCAL YEAR 299? 2006 AND EACH FISCAL YEAR
THEREAFTER, THE TOTAL FEES ASSESSED BY THE COMMISSION MAY NOT EXCEED
$4.000,000.

(d)     (8) The Fund shall be used only to provide funding for the Commission
and for the purposes authorized under this subtitle. FOR FISCAL YEARS 2005 AND 2006

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