Ch. 753
LAWS OF MARYLAND
(c) Each request for a capital project by a unit of the
State government, including the University of Maryland, shall
include a detailed list of all proposed expenditures for capital
improvements to be funded from grants or nonbudgeted revenues.
(d) (1) Before an appropriation may be authorized for
preliminary planning[, the] OF A PROPOSED CAPITAL PROJECT:
(I) THE unit of the State government requesting
the appropriation shall submit to the Department a program
describing, in detail, the SCOPE AND purpose of the [proposed
capital] project; AND
(II) THE SECRETARY OF STATE PLANNING MUST
APPROVE THE PROGRAM.
(2) BEFORE AN APPROPRIATION MAY BE AUTHORIZED FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPOSED CAPITAL PROJECT:
(I) THE UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT REQUESTING THE
APPROPRIATION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE PLANNING
AND GENERAL SERVICES A DETAILED DESIGN PROGRAM, WHICH SHALL
INCLUDE ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENTS; AND
(II) BOTH THE SECRETARY OF STATE PLANNING AND
THE SECRETARY OF GENERAL SERVICES MUST APPROVE THE DETAILED
DESIGN PROGRAM.
(e) Except with the approval of the Secretary of State
Planning and the Secretary of General Services, no change may be
made in any proposed capital project after the preliminary plan
for that project has been completed and approved.
(f) (1) This subsection applies only to capital projects
that involve construction of permanent or long-time duration.
(2) [When the request for an appropriation for a
capital project is submitted to the General Assembly, the] THE
unit of the State government that would receive the capital
project or a State officer on behalf of the unit shall submit to
the General Assembly:
(i) preliminary plans and outline
specifications for the project that show the size, the type of
construction, and the arrangement of each building; and
(ii) a statement on the sufficiency of the
proposed appropriation to pay fully for the costs of that
project.
(G) TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING MAY UTILIZE ALTERNATIVE
CONSTRUCTION METHODS, SUCH AS:
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