Ch. 420                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Subtitle 5. Purchases from the Republic of South Africa

AND NAMIBIA

14-501.

[(1)] (A) In this subtitle, THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(B) (1) "[doing] DOING business with or in the Republic of
South Africa OR NAMIBIA"[:

(1)] means:

(i) having in the Republic OR NAMIBIA any
operations or a majority owned subsidiary that employs more than
20 employees;

(II) SUBCONTRACTING OR ENGAGING IN A BUSINESS

TRANSACTION WITH A BUSINESS ENTITY IDENTIFIED AS HAVING

INVESTMENTS, OPERATIONS, OR LICENSES IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA OR NAMIBIA;

[(ii)] (III) providing financial services
to the government of the Republic OR NAMIBIA, including providing
direct loans, underwriting government securities, or promoting
the sale of gold coins from the Republic OR NAMIBIA; or

[(iii)] (IV) providing any supplies or
services to the government of the Republic OR NAMIBIA except
supplies or services provided for an educational, medical,
charitable, or religious purpose; and

(2) "DOING BUSINESS WITH OR IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
AFRICA OR NAMIBIA" does not include completing a limited
consulting contract in existence on January 1, 1987 in the
Republic OR NAMIBIA that was entered into as a result of the
company divesting itself of all business property and operations
in the Republic OR NAMIBIA.

(C) "PUBLIC BODY" MEANS A UNIT OF:

(1) STATE GOVERNMENT; OR

(2) ANY COUNTY.

14-502.

(A) A [unit] PUBLIC BODY may not knowingly buy finished
supplies that are produced in the Republic of South Africa OR
NAMIBIA unless:

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