Ch. 540                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND

2.  the source of those funds; and

3.  the period for which those funds are
required.

SUBTITLE 6. CAPITAL PROGRAM

3-601.

(A)  TO ESTABLISH RELATIVE PRIORITIES AND AVOID DUPLICATION
AND CONFLICTS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THE
MEANS AND METHODS AVAILABLE TO COORDINATE THE CAPITAL PLANS AND
CAPITAL PROGRAMS OF ALL UNITS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. UPON
REQUEST OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND
COORDINATION OF CAPITAL PLANS AND CAPITAL PROGRAMS FOR THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

(B)  TO AVOID DUPLICATION AND CONFLICTS, THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ON THE MEANS AND METHODS AVAILABLE TO
COORDINATE THE CAPITAL PLANS AND CAPITAL PROGRAMS OF FEDERAL,
STATE, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

[5-309.] 3-602.

(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)  (1) Before an appropriation may be authorized for
preliminary planning 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 project; and

(ii) the Secretary of [State] BUDGET AND FISCAL
Planning must approve the program.

(2) Before an appropriation may be authorized for
construction of a proposed capital project:

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