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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act is hereby declared
to be an emergency measure and necessary for the immediate preser-
vation of the public health and safety, and having been passed by a
yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two houses of the General Assembly, the same shall
take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 23, 1971.

CHAPTER 137
(House Bill 269)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 29-16 of
the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore County (1968 Edition
and 1968 Supplement, being Article 3 of the Public Local Laws
of Maryland), title "Revenue Authority," subheading "Construc-
tion, etc., contracts," to provide for emergency purchases and con-
tracts not subject to competitive bidding AND LIMITING THE
AMOUNT OF ANY SUCH SINGLE PURCHASE OR CON-
TRACT.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 29-16 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Baltimore
County (1968 Edition and 1968 Supplement, being Article 3 of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland), title "Revenue Authority,"
subheading "Construction, etc., contracts," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

29-16.

(a) If any project or any portion thereof or any improvement
thereof shall be constructed, equipped or furnished pursuant to a
contract and the estimated cost thereof exceeds twenty-five hundred
dollars such contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder after advertisement for bids [.] , except as hereinafter pro-
vided in subsection (b) hereof. The authority may make rules and
regulations for the submission of bids and the construction, equip-
ping, furnishing and improvement of any project or portion thereof.
No contract shall be entered into for construction, equipping, fur-
nishing or improvement of any project, or portion thereof, or for the
purchase of materials, unless the contractor shall give an undertaking
with a sufficient surety or sureties approved by the authority, and
in an amount fixed by the authority, for the faithful performance of
the contract; and such contract shall be accompanied by an addi-
tional bond for the protection of those to furnish labor and material.
All construction contracts shall provide, among other things, that
the person or corporation entering into such contract with the
authority will pay for all materials furnished and services rendered
for the performance of the contract, and that any person or cor-
poration furnishing such materials or rendering such services may
maintain an action to recover for the same against the obligor in the
undertaking as though such person or corporation was named