Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 9-103

  • 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
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) There is a State Insurance Program for providing and administering purchased insurance and self-insurance for the State, including:

(1) insurance on State property;

(2) insurance that federal law requires;

(3) insurance trust agreements; and

(4) insurance against other risk or commitment of the State.

(b) (1) There is a State Insurance Trust Fund.

(2) The Fund consists of:

(i) each General Fund and special fund appropriation in the State budget to the Treasurer or a unit of the State government for self-insurance;

(ii) each General Fund and special fund appropriation to the State Insurance Trust Fund for payment under Title 12, Subtitle 5 of the State Government Article;

(iii) each premium that a unit of the State government pays for protection under the Fund;

(iv) each payment for a loss under purchased insurance; and

(v) each payment from salvage or other recovery that results from a loss paid through the Program.

(3) The General Assembly intends that the State budget include sufficient General Fund appropriations to provide in the State Insurance Trust Fund a reserve that the Treasurer considers adequate to cover losses under § 9-105 of this title.