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(ii) If done by contract, the manner of letting
the contract.

(c)  (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
Cecil County a particular contractor may not be awarded, during
any 2-month period, more than a total of $10,000 worth of
contracts which are not competitively bid.

(2) The limitation established by this subsection
does not apply to emergency contracts. HOWEVER, BEFORE THE
AWARDING OF THE CONTRACTS, A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COUNTY

COMMISSIONERS SHALL HAVE DECLARED EACH CONTRACT TO BE AN

EMERGENCY AND SUCH A VOTE SHALL BE A RECORDED VOTE TAKE AT A
PUBLIC MEETING OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOWEVER, BEFORE THE
AWARDING OF AN EMERGENCY CONTRACT, A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS SHALL HAVE AFFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF AN EMERGENCY.
THE VOTE OF THE COMMISSIONERS IN DECLARING THE EMERGENCY SHALL BE
RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING OF THE
COMMISSIONERS.

(d)  (1) The County Commissioners of Cecil County may not
enter into any contract for the construction or repair of any
bridge or road or the purchase or lease of any road construction
equipment or machinery except in accordance with the provisions
of this section.

(2) A contract that is entered into in violation of
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section is void, unless:

(i) It is determined in a subsequent judicial
review that good faith has been shown by all parties; and

(ii) There has been substantial compliance with
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect on the date it is signed by the Governor of Maryland,

contingent upon the taking effect of Chapter ___ of the Acts of

1985(HB ___) (51r0465), and if Chapter ___ does not become

effective this Act is null and void without the necessity of
further action by the General Assembly.

SECTION 3 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation 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 May 21, 1985.