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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 15

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

Approved April 10, 1984.

CHAPTER 16

(Senate Bill 377)

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County - Revenue Authority

FOR the purpose of altering, in Baltimore County, the minimum
dollar amount of contracts for which competitive bidding is
required, subject to certain conditions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Baltimore County
Section 29-16(a)

Article 3 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1978 Edition and 1982 Supplement, as amended)

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

Article 3 - Baltimore County

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 ($2,500.00)] $7,500 OR WHATEVER
AMOUNT IS SET BY THE AUTHORITY MEMBERS, BUT NOT TO EXCEED THE
AMOUNT SET BY LEGISLATIVE ACT OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL WITH RESPECT
TO THE COUNTY'S PURCHASES MADE PURSUANT TO § 904 OF THE COUNTY
CHARTER, such contract shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder after advertisement for bids, except as provided in
subsections (b) and (c) of this section. The authority may make
rules and regulations for the submission of bids and the
construction, equipping, furnishing and improvement of any
project or portion thereof. No contract shall be entered into
for construction, equipping, furnishing 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