PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 138

Section 8-401 through 8-406 8-407, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle
4. Capital Leases"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Finance and Procurement

3-602.

(a)     The Department shall study each capital project proposed by any unit of the
State government.

(b)     Except for a capital project designated as an emergency by the unit of the
State government proposing the project, any unit of the State government requesting a
capital project shall submit its request to the Department on or before June 30 of the
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the capital project is to begin.

(c)     Each request for a capital project by a unit of the State government, including
the University of Maryland System, shall include a detailed list of all proposed
expenditures for capital improvements to be funded from grants or nonbudgeted
revenues.

(d)     (1) Before an appropriation may be authorized for preliminary planning of a
proposed capital project:

(i) the unit of the State government requesting the appropriation shall
submit to the Department a program describing, in detail, the scope and purpose of the
project; and

(ii) the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning must approve the
program.

(2) Before an appropriation may be authorized for construction of a
proposed capital project:

(i) the unit of State government requesting the appropriation shall
submit to the Departments of Budget and Fiscal Planning and General Services a detailed
design program, which shall include all information required by the Departments; and

(ii) both the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning and the
Secretary of General Services must approve the detailed design program.

(e)     Except with the approval of the Secretary of Budget and Fiscal Planning and
the Secretary of General Services, no change may be made in any proposed capital project
after the preliminary plan for that project has been completed and approved.

(f)      (1) This subsection applies only to capital projects that involve construction
of permanent or long-time duration.

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