Ch. 515  1999 LAWS OF MARYLAND

develop certain policies and procedures governing procurement; requiring the
Board of Regents to develop an information technology plan that meets certain
requirements; authorizing the Board of Regents to establish, invest in, operate,
and finance certain business entities under certain circumstances; altering
certain employee grievance procedures; reestablishing the Private Donation
Incentive Program; establishing how the amount of matching funds under the
Private Donation Incentive Program will be determined and payments under
the Private Donation Incentive Program will be made; requiring that the
payments to certain institutions not exceed certain amounts; establishing
certain eligibility criteria; requiring certain foundations to provide certain
information annually; defining certain terms; providing for the application of
Private Donation Incentive Program funds; prohibiting Private Donation
Incentive Program funds from being included in the computation of certain
types of aid; providing for the administration of the Private Donation Incentive
Program; establishing a new program review and approval process for the
institutions in the University System of Maryland certain institutions of higher
education the institutions in the University System of Maryland; exempting the
University System of Maryland from certain requirements for information
technology and telecommunication; exempting the University System of
Maryland and Morgan State University from certain provisions of law
governing the oversight of public improvement projects by the Department of
General Services; requiring the Department of General Services to advise the
Board of Public Works on certain contracts that exceed a certain amount under
certain circumstances; requiring certain procurements by the University System
of Maryland and Morgan State University to comply with certain policies and
procedures; requiring certain contracts that exceed a certain amount to be
subject to review and approval by the Board of Public Works and the
Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review Committee; making certain
employees of the University System of Maryland eligible to participate in
collective bargaining under certain circumstances and contingent on the
passage of certain legislation altering the time period after which certain
proposals submitted to the Commission shall be deemed approved; authorizing
presidents to establish and abolish certain programs under certain
circumstances;, requiring the Board of Regents to review and approve certain
actions; proposed new programs; requiring the Commission to review certain
actions to determine whether they comply with certain requirements of State
and federal law; requiring presidents to resolve certain concerns regarding
compliance with certain laws before implementing certain programs authorizing
the Commission to veto implementation of a proposed new program or
recommend certain reductions in State aid under certain circumstances make
the final determination on approval of certain proposed new programs for certain
reasons; requiring the Commission to monitor the new program development
and review process and submit a certain report; providing for the termination of
the mission and program development and review process after a certain period
of time; defining a certain term; requiring the Commission to develop certain
funding guidelines; requesting the Governor to include certain funding in
certain, budgets; requiring the Governor to convene a certain conference for
certain purposes and to establish a group to review certain reporting