Section 3-511 - Program development.
§ 3-511. Program development.
(a) Goods and services.- The Commissioner and the Chief Executive Officer may develop programs to provide services or produce goods used by:
(1) units of State government;
(2) political subdivisions of the State;
(3) units of the federal government;
(4) units of other states; or
(5) political subdivisions of other states.
(b) Construction services.-
(1) The Commissioner and the Chief Executive Officer, with the approval of the Secretary, may develop training programs to provide construction and construction-related services, as defined in Title 11, Subtitle 1 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, for State correctional facilities.
(2) The training programs will be developed in consultation with the Maryland and District of Columbia Building Trades Councils.
(3) The programs established under paragraph (1) of this subsection are not subject to:
(i) the provisions of § 3-515 of this subtitle; or
(ii) except for § 11-101 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, the provisions of Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(4) A construction project under paragraph (1) of this subsection may not exceed $500,000 in total costs per unrelated project as determined by the Secretary.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 681C(a)(1); 1999, ch. 54, § 2; 2005, ch. 124; 2008, ch. 520; 2009, ch. 60.]