278                              Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 70

CHAPTER 70
(House Bill 1080)

AN ACT to add a new Section 7 to Article 19A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title "Conflicts
of Interest"; to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, and to re-
number existing Section 7 of Article 19A; to renumber existing
Sections 8 and 9 of Article 19A; correcting a technical error in a
previous amendment to said Article by providing for an exemp-
tion from the provisions of said Article for members, agents and
employees of the General Assembly and the Judiciary Department
when such members, agents or employees are performing the duties
attendant to those bodies, and generally relating to the scope of said
Article 19A.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 7 be and it is hereby added to Article 19A of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume), title
"Conflicts of Interest," to follow immediately after Section 6 thereof
and to read as follows:

7. Application of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall not apply to members, agents
or employees of the General Assembly or of the Judiciary Depart-
ment when such members, agents or employees are performing the
duties attendant to those bodies.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That existing Sections 7, 8
and 9 of Article 19A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966
Replacement Volume), title "Conflicts of Interest," be and they are
hereby repealed and re-enacted with renumbering to read as follows:

[7] 8. State contracts in excess of $25,000—Required provision as
to employment of State employee by contracting party.

From and after June 1, 1965, every written contract binding or
purporting to bind the State of Maryland, or any department, com-
mission, agency or branch thereof, to pay a sum of money in excess
of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in any one fiscal year for
the purpose for which such contract is made shall contain the fol-
lowing provision: "No employee of the State of Maryland, or any
department, commission, agency or branch thereof, whose duties as
such employee include matters relating to or affecting the subject
matter of this contract, shall, while such employee, become or be an
employee of the party or parties hereby contracting with said State
of Maryland, or any department, commission, agency or branch
thereof." For purposes of Sections 8-10, a member of the General
Assembly shall not be considered an employee of the State of Mary-
land or of a department, commission, agency or branch thereof. In
the event that such contract does not contain the aforegoing provi-
sion, the State of Maryland, or any department, commission, agency
or branch thereof, shall not be liable thereon.