Ch. 48

LAWS OF MARYLAND

"UNIT" MEANS A UNIT THAT IS IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE
STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO ENTER INTO A
PROCUREMENT CONTRACT.

(1) "UNIT" MEANS AN OFFICER OR OTHER ENTITY THAT IS
IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND IS AUTHORIZED
BY LAW TO ENTER INTO A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT.

(2) "UNIT" DOES NOT INCLUDE:

(I) A BISTATE, MULTISTATE, BICOUNTY, OR
MULTICOUNTY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY; OR

(II) A SPECIAL TAX DISTRICT, SANITARY DISTRICT,
DRAINAGE DISTRICT, SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WATER SUPPLY
DISTRICT, OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived
without substantive change from former SF § ll-l0l(aa)
and (jj)(l).

The word "unit" is substituted, as the defined term,
for the former words "[p]rocurement agency" and "State
agency" to conform to language used in comparable
sections of other revised articles. The former
enumeration "agency, association, board, ... trust,
[or] university" is deleted as included in the word
"unit". The word "unit", in this Division II,
includes the University of Maryland. See the General
Revisor's Note to this Division II.

Former SF § 11-101(jj)(2), which stated that "'State
agency' includes a subunit", is deleted as surplusage,
since many entities listed within the definition of
"State agency", in former § 11-101(jj)(1), were
themselves subunits.

Defined term: "Procurement contract" § 11-101

REVISOR'S NOTE TO SECTION: Former SF § ll-101(b), which
defined "[a]ppropriate department" as "the department
with responsibility ... for the type of procurement
involved", is deleted as unnecessary since references
to the specific primary procurement unit have been
substituted throughout this Division II for former
references to the "appropriate department".

Former SF § ll-101(g) and (h), which defined
"[c]ompetitive sealed bidding" and "[c]ompetitive
sealed proposals" as the processes set forth in former
§§ 11-110 and 11-111 — now revised as §§ 13-103 and

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