WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

S.B. 199

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 5-110(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

BY repealing

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 6-208; and 14-501 through 14-507 and the subtitle "Subtitle 5. Purchases
from the Republic of South Africa"
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1988 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

Preamble

WHEREAS, The Republic of South Africa is now committed to the principles of
majority rule by its citizens in that the South African Parliament has voted to allow blacks
for the first time to take part in national politics; and

WHEREAS, The South African Parliament has created a multiracial Transitional
Executive Council to prepare the way for the first all-races elections on April 27, 1994;
and

WHEREAS, In a speech before the antiapartheid committee of the United Nations
General Assembly on September 24, 1993, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African
National Congress, endorsed the lifting of economic sanctions against the Republic of
South Africa; and

WHEREAS, In light of the call by Mr. Mandela, steps have been undertaken by
President Bill Clinton and the United States Congress to begin the process to rescind
United States government economic sanctions against the Republic of South Africa; now,
therefore,

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 11-113.1 of Article 29 - Washington Suburban Sanitary
District of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read as
follows:

Article - Education

5-110.

(c) (1) [Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, a] A contract
for the school building, improvements, supplies, or other equipment shall be awarded to
the lowest responsible bidder who conforms to specifications with consideration given to:

(i) The quantities involved:

(ii) The time required for delivery;

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