ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 471

[(d)] (E) A commissioner or an applicant for appointment as commissioner of a
bicounty commission shall file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section
in accordance with Subtitle 8, Part III of this title.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2003.

Approved May 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 471
(House Bill 1075)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement - Exceptions Exemptions - Maryland Developmental

Disabilities Administration

FOR the purpose of excluding certain procurements by the Developmental
Disabilities Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
from certain procurement requirements of the procurement law; requiring the
Administration to continue to attempt to achieve certain goals providing that
certain provisions of the minority business enterprise law apply to certain
procurements by the Administration; requiring procurements by certain entities
to promote certain purposes; and generally relating to procurements by the
Developmental Disabilities Administration exemptions from certain provisions
of the procurement law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article- State Finance and Procurement
Section 11-203(a) and (b)(1) and (2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Finance and Procurement

11-203.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Division II does
not apply to:

(1) procurement by:

(i) the Blind Industries and Services of Maryland;

(ii) the Maryland State Arts Council, for the support of the arts;

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