PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 416

CHAPTER 416
(House Bill 333)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement Contracts - Fraud

FOR the purpose of establishing a crime of fraud in connection with a procurement
contract; specifying the acts that constitute the crime; establishing a crime for aiding
or conspiring with a person to commit the crime under this Act; and establishing
certain penalties for a violation of this Act.

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 11-205.1

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

11-205.1.

(A)     IN CONNECTION WITH A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT A PERSON MAY NOT
WILLFULLY:

(1)     FALSIFY, CONCEAL, OR SUPPRESS A MATERIAL FACT BY ANY
SCHEME OR DEVICE;

(2)     MAKE A FALSE OR FRAUDULENT STATEMENT OR REPRESENTATION
OF A MATERIAL FACT; OR

(3)     USE A FALSE WRITING OR DOCUMENT THAT CONTAINS A FALSE OR
FRAUDULENT STATEMENT OR ENTRY OF A MATERIAL FACT.

(B)     A PERSON MAY NOT AID OR CONSPIRE WITH ANOTHER PERSON TO
COMMIT AN ACT UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION.

(C)     A PERSON WHO VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY
OF A FELONY AND ON CONVICTION IS SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT EXCEEDING $20,000
$3,000 $20,000 OR IMPRISONMENT NOT EXCEEDING 5 3 5 YEARS OR BOTH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 18, 1995.

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