Ch. 423

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)  BEEN CONVICTED UNDER A STATE OR FEDERAL LAW OR
STATUTE OF ANY OFFENSE ENUMERATED IN § 16-203; OR

(3)  BEEN FOUND CIVILLY LIABLE UNDER A STATE OR
FEDERAL ANTITRUST STATUTE AS PROVIDED IN § 16-203.

(B)  THE AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL ALSO CONTAIN THE PERSON'S AFFIRMATION THAT IT SHALL
NOT KNOWINGLY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A PUBLIC BODY UNDER
WHICH A PERSON OR BUSINESS DEBARRED OR SUSPENDED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE WILL PROVIDE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, SUPPLIES,
SERVICES, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION RELATED SERVICES,
LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY, OR CONSTRUCTION.

(C)  THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION ARE SATISFIED IF THE
AFFIDAVIT:

(1)   INCORPORATES BY REFERENCE THE STATEMENTS
CONTAINED IN AN AFFIDAVIT FILED WITH THE SAME PUBLIC BODY WITHIN
THE PREVIOUS YEAR PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION;
AND

(2)  STATES THAT THOSE STATEMENTS REMAIN ACCURATE.
16-312.

(A)  DEBARMENT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE AGAINST A
PERSON OR BUSINESS SUBJECT TO DEBARMENT UNDER THIS TITLE MAY BE
INSTITUTED WITHIN 5 YEARS AFTER:

(1)  A FINAL JUDGMENT IN A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL ACTION
THAT CONSTITUTES A CAUSE FOR DEBARMENT;

(2)  AN ADMISSION, IN WRITING OR UNDER OATH, OF AN ACT
OR OMISSION THAT CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR A CRIMINAL CONVICTION OR
CIVIL LIABILITY THAT MAY BE A CAUSE FOR DEBARMENT; OR

(3)  THE OCCURRENCE OF ANY OTHER EVENT THAT
CONSTITUTES A CAUSE FOR DEBARMENT.

(B)  DEBARMENT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THIS SUBTITLE AGAINST A
PERSON OR BUSINESS SUBJECT TO DEBARMENT UNDER THIS TITLE MAY BE
INSTITUTED AFTER THE PERIOD SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION, ONLY IF SUCH PROCEEDINGS ARE BROUGHT WITHIN 1 YEAR OF
THE TIME WHEN THE STATE DISCOVERED, OR BY THE EXERCISE OF
ORDINARY DILIGENCE SHOULD HAVE DISCOVERED, THE GROUNDS FOR
DEBARMENT UNDER THIS TITLE.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

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