Ch. 127                                     1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved April 26, 1993.

CHAPTER 127
(House Bill 148)

AN ACT concerning

Department of General Services -
Real Property Leases Outside the State of Maryland

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Board of Public Works to modify or waive certain
requirements relating to procurement of certain leases of real property outside the
State; and generally relating to procurement requirements for real property leases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 12-104(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Finance and Procurement

12-104.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Board may modify or
waive any requirement under this Division II for a procurement contract or a class of
procurement contracts that is to be performed entirely outside the United States, OR ANY
LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY OUTSIDE THIS STATE, to' the extent that:

(1)     the purposes stated in § 11-201(a) of this article are fostered;

(2)     the circumstances require the modification or waiver; and

(3)     foreign OR OUT-OF-STATE contractors are expected to be involved in
the procurement.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 26, 1993.

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