Ch. 84                                     2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 84
(Senate Bill 56)

AN ACT concerning

State Ethics Law -Architectural and Engineering Services - Restrictions on

Participation in Procurement

FOR the purpose of clarifying providing that certain design activities do not
disqualify an individual from participating in or assisting others in
participating in certain procurements; requiring the Maryland Department of
Transportation to report to certain persons by a certain date regarding the
implementation of this Act; providing for the application of this Act; providing
for the effective date of certain provisions dates of this Act; and providing for the
termination of certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to
procurement for design activities under the State ethics law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 15-508
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 15-508
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter 482 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2003 Section
1 of this Act)

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

Article - State Government

15-508.

(a) An individual or a person that employs an individual who assists an
executive unit in the drafting of specifications, an invitation for bids, a request for
proposals for a procurement, or the selection or award made in response to an
invitation for bids or request for proposals may not:

(1)     submit a bid or proposal for that procurement; or

(2)     assist or represent another person, directly or indirectly, who is
submitting a bid or proposal for that procurement.

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