Ch. 246                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

(d) "Public improvement" includes any construction,
maintenance, or repair of any building, structure, or other
public work:

(1)  owned or constructed by the State or any unit of
the State government, including the University of Maryland
SYSTEM; or

(2)  acquired or constructed in whole or in part with
State funds.

4-406.

(a) (1) The Department shall advise the Board of Public
Works and any unit of the State government, including the
University of Maryland SYSTEM, in connection with any engineering
question or matter concerning a public improvement.

4-903.

(a)  The provisions of this subtitle may not apply to a
telecommunication system or service that is owned or operated by
a unit of the Legislative or Judicial Branch.

(b)  The provisions of this subtitle may not preempt the
authority of the University of Maryland SYSTEM or the Maryland
Public Broadcasting Commission to own, operate, or manage
telecommunication systems, services, or equipment.

5-309.

(a)  The Department shall study each capital project
proposed by any unit of the State government.

(b)  Except for a capital project designated as an emergency
by the unit of the State government proposing the project, any
unit of the State government requesting a capital project shall
submit its request to the Department on or before June 30 of the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the capital
project is to begin.

(c)  Each request for a capital project by a unit of the
State government, including the University of Maryland SYSTEM,
shall include a detailed list of all proposed expenditures for
capital improvements to be funded from grants or nonbudgeted
revenues.

(d)  Before an appropriation may be authorized for
preliminary planning, the unit of the State government requesting
the appropriation shall submit to the Department a program
describing, in detail, the purpose of the proposed capital
project.

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