WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 555

Procurement Law with regard to certain marketing activities related to the
promotion of tourism; and generally relating to State procurement.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 11-203(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1988 Replacement Volume and 1992 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 11-203(b)

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

11-203.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this Division II does not
apply to:

(1) procurement by:

(i) the Blind Industries and Services of Maryland;

(ii) the Maryland State Arts Council, for the support of the arts;

(iii) the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority,
if no State money is to be spent on a procurement contract;

(iv) the Maryland Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority, if
no State money is to be spent on a procurement contract;

(v) the Maryland Industrial Training Program in the Department of
Economic and Employment Development, for training programs for new or expanding
businesses or industries;

(vi) the Board of Trustees for Maryland State Retirement and Pension
Systems, for services related to the external management of the investment of assets of
the retirement systems;

(vii) the Maryland Food Center Authority, to the extent the Authority
is exempt under Title 13, Subtitle 1 of Article 41 of the Code;

(viii) the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, for services of
artists for educational and cultural television productions;

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