HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1221
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.
Approved April 9, 1985.
CHAPTER 91
(House Bill 1041)
AN ACT concerning
Carroll County. - Bid Opening Procedures
FOR the purpose of providing that the County Commissioners of
Carroll County are not required to be present at the opening
of bids for certain contracts; and providing that the Clerk
to the County Commissioners is not required to open the
bids, but shall be present at the bid opening.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
The Public Local Laws of Carroll County
Section 3-17
Article 7 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1976 Edition and 1984 Supplement, as amended)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 7 - Carroll County
3-17.
In contracting for any necessary public work or improvement
or for the purchase of supplies and equipment needed at any time
by the several departments of the County, the County
Commissioners of Carroll County may enter into contracts for said
public work or improvement and may purchase said supplies and
equipment on an order passed by the County Commissioners provided
that the cost of the public work or improvement or the purchase
price of the supplies and equipment does not exceed $7,000.00.
When the cost of any project for public work or improvement, or
the purchase price of any supplies and equipment exceeds
$7,000.00, except in emergencies or when there is a sole source
of supply, the Clerk to the County Commissioners shall advertise
for one week in not less than two newspapers published in Carroll
County for bids to perform the public work or improvement or to
furnish the supplies and equipment, which advertisement shall
state the date, time and place of opening of the bids; and the
bids shall be opened [by the Clerk to the County Commissioners]
in the presence of THE CLERK TO the County Commissioners, and the
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