Ch. 654                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     The General Counsel shall:

(i) provide independent legal advice to the Board;

(ii) examine all procurements that are subject to review by the Board
and make recommendations to the Board as to the legal sufficiency of the procurements,
with an emphasis on whether the proposed procurement has been competitively
conducted;

(iii) assist the Procurement Advisor in investigations undertaken by the
Procurement Advisor;

(iv) assist the Procurement Advisor in responding to complaints made
by State employees, contractors, and other interested parties concerning fraud, waste,
and abuse in the procurement process or any alleged violation of the procurement law
and regulations; [and]

(v) compile information for distribution to State procurement officials
relating to recent decisions of the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals and State
and federal courts concerning procurement, including any policy or legal guidance to the
procurement officials based on these decisions!.]; AND

(VI) REVIEW REGULATIONS PROPOSED BY THE BOARD FOR
LEGALITY AND APPROVE THEM FOR PROPOSAL AND ADOPTION.

(3)     The General Counsel shall:

(i) have access to all books, accounts, records, any material related to
contracts and procurement, and all other papers and equipment necessary to carry out its
responsibilities; and

(ii) have direct and prompt access to all heads of agencies involved in
the expenditure of public funds.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 654
(House Bill 1264)

AN ACT concerning

Department of Housing and Community Development - Reorganization

FOR the purpose of reorganizing the Department of Housing and Community
Development by abolishing a certain division in the Department and creating a
certain new division in the Department; transferring certain functions and
responsibilities to certain divisions in the Department; correcting certain references

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