CHAPTER 684
(House Bill 1094)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement Contract Dispute Resolution - Construction Contracts - Notice
of Claim and Limits on Recovery

FOR the purpose of altering the time period within which a contractor shall submit a
written explanation of a construction procurement contract claim to the
government unit against which the claim is being made; altering certain limits
on recovery for a construction procurement contract claim; providing for the
application of this Act; and generally relating to procurement contract claims for
construction.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 11-101(x)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 15-219(b) and (e)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Finance and Procurement

11-101.

(x) (1) "Unit" means an officer or other entity that is in the Executive
Branch of the State government and is authorized by law to enter into a procurement
contract.

(2) "Unit" does not include:

(i) a bistate, multistate, bicounty, or multicounty governmental

agency; or

(ii) a special tax district, sanitary district, drainage district, soil
conservation district, water supply district, or other political subdivision of the State.