PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                          H.B. 1374

Commissioners may trade in old equipment on new purchases or dispose of old
equipment whenever they deem the same advisable or expedient. The County
Commissioners shall budget the amount to be expended for road machinery and
equipment each year.

Article 25 - County Commissioners

3.

(1) (1) To provide for competitive bidding for any county work and the making
and awarding of contracts for the purchase of materials and supplies in excess of $15,000
and to require bonds in connection with the work or contracts, regardless of the amount,
whenever the county commissioners consider it proper to require a bond; and if no bids
are submitted in response to any request for bids, to place the order in a manner that the
county commissioners consider appropriate.

9D.

(a)     This section applies only to the following counties:

(1)     Calvert County,

(2)     Caroline County,

(3)     Charles County,

(4)     Dorchester County, and

(5)     Garrett County.

(b)     The County Commissioners in the exercise of their borrowing powers may:

(1)     Purchase or lease any personal property necessary or desirable for the
operation of their respective county, pursuant to a multiyear contract requiring that the
County Commissioners of the purchasing or leasing county make installment or rental
payments during 2 or more fiscal years;

(2)     Pay interest as part of any installment or rental payments in accordance
with the terms of the contract; and

(3)     Pledge and assign the personal property purchased or leased pursuant to
any contract to secure the purchasing or leasing county's obligations.

(c)     The action specified in subsection (b) of this section may be taken if the
following conditions are met:

(1)     Funds sufficient to pay all amounts due under the contract during the
first fiscal year in which the contract is effective are or will be available and have been
appropriated and can be used for this purpose;

(2)     The contract includes a termination provision which permits the
purchasing or leasing county to terminate the contract if funds sufficient to pay all
amounts due under the contract for any fiscal year are not appropriated for this purpose
for the fiscal year. However, the contract may provide that termination of the contract

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