Maryland Code, GENERAL PROVISIONS 5-210

Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
state: means :

(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

(2) the District of Columbia. See

(a) (1) There is a Lobbyist Registration Fund.

(2) The Fund consists of all fees collected under Subtitle 7 of this title.

(b) (1) The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund.

(2) Any balance remaining in the Fund at the end of any fiscal year shall revert to the General Fund of the State.

(ii) The Comptroller shall account for the Fund.

(2) The Fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State funds.

(3) Expenditures from the Fund shall be made in accordance with an appropriation approved by the General Assembly in the annual budget.

(d) The Fund shall be used to defray the expenses of administering Subtitle 7 of this title.