WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 506

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)

BY adding to

The Public Local Laws of Washington County
Section 1-106A

Article 22 - Public Local Laws of Maryland
(1991 Edition, as amended)

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

(b)     Any contract of sale shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder; any
contract of purchase or other expenditure shall be awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder. However, the County Commissioners may reject any bid.

(c)     (1) Any contract entered into in violation of the provisions of this section is
void.

(2) The provisions of this section do not apply to:

(i) Any contract or other transaction involving the deposit of county
funds in any authorized State or federal banking institution;

(ii) Necessary repairs made in case of emergency; or

(iii) The purchase of tangible personal property at a public auction.

1-106A.

(A) NOTWITHSTANDING § 1-106 OF THIS SUBTITLE AND SUBJECT TO
SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MAY CONTRACT,
WITHOUT ADVERTISING FOR BIDS, FOR A PART OF ANY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IF
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IS WITH
ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY OR A PRIVATE ENTITY.

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