Ch. 286

1993 LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That provisions of this Act shall
apply only to all health insurance policies and contracts and health maintenance
organization subscriber contracts delivered or issued for delivery in the State on or after
October 1, 1993.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 11, 1993.

CHAPTER 286
(House Bill 213)

AN ACT concerning

Washington County - Procurement Contracts - County and Municipal Taxes Paid

FOR the purpose of roquiring, in Washington County, a person who bids on County
contracts to have paid all County taxes; authorizing the Washington County
Commissioners to reject a bid if County and municipal taxes had have not been
paid; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to procurement procedures in
Washington County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Washington County

Section 1-106

Article 22 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1991 Edition, as amended by Chapter 114 of the Acts of the General Assembly of
1992)

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

Article 22 - Washington County

1-106.

(a)     (1) The County Commissioners or any employee of the county may not enter
into any contract of sale or purchase or any contract for any county work, project, or other
expenditure to which the county is a party where the amount involved in the contract
exceeds $15,000 without advertising for bids in 1 or more newspapers published in the
county.

(2) The publication of that advertisement shall appear at least once a week
prior to the date on which bids are to be filed.

(b)     (1) [Any] A contract of sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible
bidder[; any].

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