WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(1988 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 13-319

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 2-1215 and 2-1220
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1993 Replacement Volume and 1993 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

10-205.

FOR PURPOSES OF THE PREPARATION OF THE STATE BUDGET:

(1)     THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY; AND

(2)      ALL EXPENSES RELATED TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOARD
OF PUBLIC WORKS SHALL BE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED AND INDEPENDENT OF THE
BUDGET OF ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY.

12-101.

(b) (I) The Board may control procurement by units.

(2)     To implement the provisions of this Division II, the Board may:

(i) set policy;

(ii) adopt regulations, in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the
State Government Article; and

(iii) establish internal operational procedures consistent with this
Division II.

(3)     The Board shall ensure that the regulations of the primary procurement
units provide for procedures that are consistent with this Division II and, to the extent the
circumstances of a particular type of procurement or a particular unit do not require
otherwise, are substantially the same.

(4)     The Board may delegate any of its authority THAT IT DETERMINES TO
BE APPROPRIATE FOR DELEGATION and may require prior Board approval for specified
procurement actions.

Ch. 750

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