PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                            H.B. 985

Section 3-401 to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 4. Procurement by Local

Health Departments"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 11-101(x) 12-109
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—Health—General

SUBTITLE 4. PROCUREMENT BY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.

3-401.

A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN A COUNTY OR BALTIMORE CITY SHALL
CONDUCT ALL PROCUREMENT, AS DEFINED UNDER § 11-101 OF THE STATE FINANCE
AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE, EITHER THROUGH:

(1) THE STATE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM, PURSUANT TO DIVISION II OF
THE STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT ARTICLE; OR

(2) THE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM OF THE SUBDIVISION WITHIN WHICH
THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED, IF SO AUTHORIZED BY THE
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL ORDINANCES.

Article - State Finance and Procurement

12-109.

IF AUTHORIZED BY THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY
OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL ORDINANCE, A LOCAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAY USE EITHER THE STATE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM OR
THE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
IS LOCATED.

11-101.

(x) (1) "Unit" means an officer or other entity that is in the Executive Branch
of the State government and is authorized by law to enter into a procurement contract.

(2) "Unit" does not include:

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