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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 775

commission, State officer or institution] USING AGENCY of
the State, AS DEFINED BY SECTION 1-101(S) OF ARTICLE 21, and
may designate the location of any State agency, after review
by the Secretary of General Services subject to the
provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

22.

In addition to the general duties and powers assigned
to the Department of General Services by § 21 above, said
Department shall, CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE 21:

(1)  Assist and advise the Board of Public Works
and other state departments and agencies on all matters of
engineering, surveys, plans, specifications and contracts
for public improvements and land acquisition that may come
before said Board or in which such department or agency may
be interested;

(2)  Select and appoint architects and engineers
to prepare plans and specifications for all public
improvements, such appointments to be subject, however, to
the approval of the Board of Public Works, and all such
architects and engineers shall be subject to the rules and
regulations of the Department of General Services;

(3)  Examine and approve all plans and
specifications prepared in connection with the preparation
and execution of all contracts for all public improvements;

(4)  Represent the Board of Public Works at the
opening of all bids for public improvements and tabulate,
record and advise said Board on such bids;

(5)  Supervise all appraisals in connection with
public improvements;

(6)  Inspect and approve materials, equipment,
and methods used in making public improvements, and inspect
public improvements during the course of construction or
repair, such inspection and approval of materials, equipment
and methods to be in addition to and not in lieu of the
responsibility of the architect or engineer to supervise
work for which employed;

(7)  Review maintenance and operation of public
improvements to the extent that any engineering questions
are involved therein; and establish and supervise a
comprehensive and continuing maintenance and repair program
for all State-operated public improvements;

(8)  Assist and advise the Board of Public Works
and other departments and agencies in the review and
approval of changes in plan, specifications or contracts for
public improvements;