PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 116

CHAPTER 116
(House Bill 717)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement - Minority Business Participation

FOR the purpose of continuing until a certain date the certain provisions of the State
Procurement Law relating to procurement from minority businesses; repealing a
definition; glorifying altering a definition altering the percentage of the total dollar
value of procurement by units of State government that is made directly or
indirectly from certified minority businesses in a certain manner; altering certain
provisions relating to the structure of procurement procedures by units of State
government; altering certain reporting requirements; repealing the termination
provision for certain provisions; repealing obsolete provisions; requiring a certain
study and the issuance of a certain report by a certain date; altering the
circumstances under which certain security may be required on a procurement
contract; making provisions of this Act severable; providing for the termination of
this Act; and generally relating to minority business participation in State
procurement.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 13-207, 13-216, 14-301, 14-302, 14-305, and 14-307
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 14-303, 14-304, and 14-308
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 14-306

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 14-309

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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