Article - State Finance and Procurement

4-415.

(a) This section does not apply to any capital expenditures by[:

(1) ] the Department of Transportation or the Maryland Transportation
Authority in connection with State roads, bridges, or highways[;

(2) the Maryland Port Administration;

(3) the Mass Transit Administration; or

(4) the Maryland Aviation Administration],

(b) Before execution, a contract for the acquisition of land shall be:

(1) reviewed by the Secretary of General Services; and

(2) except as provided in § 12-204 of this article, after that review,
approved by the Board of Public Works.

(c) (1) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

BY:

(I) THE MARYLAND AVIATION ADMINISTRATION;

(II) THE MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION; OR

(III) THE MASS TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

(2) At least 40 days before the Board of Public Works may act on a land
acquisition, the Division shall give written notice of a potential acquisition of land:

(i) to the governing body of the county in which the land is located;

and

(ii) if the land is located within a municipal corporation, to the
governing body of the municipal corporation.

[(2)] (3) Within 30 days after receiving notice under this subsection, the
governing body may submit written comments to the Division.

(d) The Board of Public Works shall supervise the expenditure of any money
that the General Assembly appropriates for the acquisition of land.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1999.