Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of the House, representatives of the Maryland
Economic Development Commission, and representatives of the business community.
The study panel shall review the consolidation of the Department's current financing
funds and financing funding models. The Department shall report to the Senate
Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Economic Matters Committee on the
study panel's recommendations and shall provide draft legislation, as necessary, by
December 1, 1999, to allow for consideration during the 2000 legislative session of the
General Assembly.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1999. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of
June 30, 2001, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall
be abrogated and of no further force and effect.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 302
(Senate Bill 719)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement Practices Improvement Act of 1999

FOR the purpose of requiring procurement officers to maintain certain records and
document certain information; authorizing procurement officers to disclose only
specified information; defining certain terms; authorizing the Attorney General
to institute proceedings to debar certain persons under certain circumstances;
altering certain definitions; prohibiting certain persons from accepting certain
gifts; and generally relating to public ethics and procurement.

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 13-202

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 13-211, 16-303, and 16-304
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 15-102(n), 15-501, and 15-502
Annotated Code of Maryland