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EXECUTIVE ORDERS

C.    Cooperate with the Office of the Comptroller,
Central Payroll Division and comply with its
payroll deduction policies and procedures;

D.    Distribute contributions to participating
agencies in accordance with the expressed
intention of contributors; and

E.    Agree to the review of its financial activities
by authorized representatives of the State of
Maryland, and, within 180 days of the close of a
Campaign, submit to the Secretary of State a
complete audited financial statement prepared in
accordance with the standards of accounting and
financial reporting for voluntary health and
welfare organizations.

Section 7.

The operating agency selected to operate the Campaign
shall not, at the same time, be a participating agency
identified as such in Campaign literature. Where
contributors do not specify one or more participating
agencies as the beneficiary of their gift, the
operating agency shall utilize and distribute such
contributions in accordance with its policies and
programs as described in Campaign literature, subject
to review by the Secretary of State.

Section 8.

Except to the extent that they provide direct health
or human services, consortiums of charitable
organizations, federated fund-raising organizations
and similar associations of diverse charitable
organizations shall not be eligible as participating
agencies. Funds designated to these entities may only
be used for the direct provision of health or human
services including reasonable administrative costs of
those programs.

Section 9.

The Secretary of State or the operating agency may
require from participating agencies an accounting of
the programmatic and financial utilization of Campaign
funds.

Section 10.

The Secretary of State may delete from the list of
approved participating agencies those charitable