Commission;

ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 273

(ii) any housing authority created under Article 44A of the Code;
(iii) the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning

(iv) the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission;

(v) the Baltimore County Metropolitan District;

(vi) a county, municipal corporation, or unit of a county or municipal
corporation; [or]

(vii) the University System of Maryland; OR

(VIII) MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

(2) Except as provided in §§ [4-406, 4-410,] 4-406 and 4-410.1 of this
subtitle or as otherwise provided by law, St. Mary's College of Maryland [and Morgan
State University are] IS subject to the provisions of this subtitle.

4-406.

(a)     (1) [Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, the] THE
Department shall advise the Board of Public Works and any unit of the State
government in connection with any engineering question or matter concerning a
public improvement.

(2)     The Department shall supervise any engineering question or matter
concerning a public improvement.

(3)     Any contract, plan, or specification for any public improvement that
involves an engineering question:

(i) shall be submitted to the Department; and

(ii) is subject to the approval of the Department.

(4)     [With respect to any engineering question or a matter concerning a
public improvement, the Department shall advise Morgan State University in
accordance with the provisions of § 4-410 of this subtitle.

(5)}] At the request of the Board of Public Works, the Department shall
advise the Board of Public Works on any contract that exceeds $500,000 if the
contract involves an engineering question or a matter concerning a public
improvement undertaken by the University System of Maryland OR MORGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY.

(b)     Except as provided in [§§ 4-410 and 4-410.1] § 4-410.1 of this subtitle, the
Department shall:

(1)     represent the Board of Public Works at the opening of bids for a
public improvement;

(2)     tabulate and record the bids; and

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