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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 479

3-504.

(a)  Each bidder or offeror for a construction contract
shall give a bid bond if the bid or offer exceeds [$25,000]
$50,000. Bid bonds may be required for any other procurement
over [$25,000] $50,000, as determined by the procurement officer.
The bid bond shall be provided by a surety company authorized to
do business in this State, or the equivalent in cash, or in a
form satisfactory to the procurement officer.

(b)  The bid bond shall be in an amount equal to at least 5
percent of the amount of the bid or price proposal except that,
for bids stating a rate but not a total cost, the bid bond shall
be in an amount as determined by the procurement officer.

(c)  If the invitation for bids or request for proposals
require that a bid bond be provided, a bidder or offeror that
does not comply shall be rejected.

(d)  Once opened, bids or price proposals are irrevocable
for the period specified in the invitation for bids or the
request for proposal except as provided in § 3-202(h) of this
article. However, if a bidder or offeror is permitted to
withdraw his bid or proposal before award because of a mistake in
the bid or proposal, no action shall be taken against his bid
bond.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 480

(House Bill 1372)

AN ACT concerning

Mentally Ill Individuals - Refusal of Medication

FOR the purpose of providing that certain mentally ill
individuals may elect to refuse medication used for the
treatment of a mental disorder under certain circumstances;
providing that a certain clinical review panel may approve
the use of medication in certain situations and in a certain
manner; establishing the criteria that the clinical review
panel shall use to approve use of medication in certain
instances; establishing certain criteria for the clinical
review panel to follow for implementing a treatment plan for
certain individuals under review and for the approval and