ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                            S.B. 621

administer and enforce requirements with regard to employees certain
employers; requiring the Commissioner to publish a certain wage rate under
certain circumstances; requiring certain units of State government to adopt
regulations and authorizing certain units to grant certain waivers; granting
certain employees rights of free speech and association; requiring covered
certain employers to post certain information; authorizing an employee to sue
for certain damages wages under certain circumstances; providing certain
remedies and certain procedural requirements; prohibiting an employer from
retaliating against an employee based on a certain action; providing for the
application of this Act; establishing certain penalties; defining certain terms;
requiring the Department of Legislative Services to study certain matters and
report to the General Assembly on or before a certain date; requiring certain
governmental units to cooperate with the Department and provide certain
information in a certain manner; providing for the application of this Act; and
generally relating to levels of wages paid to employees under certain
procurement contracts the living wage.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 11-101(x)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 12-101(c); and 18-101 through 18-110, inclusive, to be under the new

title "Title 18. Living Wage"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2001 Replacement Volume and 2003 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.

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