Section 14-708 – Certified Local Farm Enterprise Food Aggregation Grant Fund — Purpose — Uses
(a) There is a Certified Local Farm Enterprise Food Aggregation Grant Fund. (b) The purpose of the Fund is to support the creation of food aggregation, storage, processing, and distribution sites across the State through grants and near–equity investments. (c) The Maryland Agricultural and Resource–Based Industry Development Corporation shall administer the Fund. (d) The Fund consists of: (1) money appropriated […]
Section 14-602 – Procurement Procedures
(a) (1) A unit shall structure procurement procedures, consistent with the purposes of this subtitle, to try to achieve or exceed an overall percentage goal of the unit’s total dollar value of procurement contracts to be made directly or indirectly with veteran–owned small business enterprises. (2) The Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall adopt regulations […]
Section 14-603 – Awarding of Contract
(a) For procurements conducted by competitive sealed bidding, a unit shall award the contract to the responsible bidder that submits the responsive bid that: (1) (i) has the lowest bid price; (ii) has the lowest evaluated bid price; or (iii) for procurements subject to § 11–202(3) of this article, is the bid most favorable to the State; and (2) meets or […]
Section 14-604 – Regulations, Procedures and Report
The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall: (1) adopt regulations to implement this subtitle; (2) establish procedures for tracking and reporting participation of veteran–owned small business enterprises under this subtitle; and (3) on or before December 1 of each year, report to the Legislative Policy Committee on: (i) the number and dollar value of contracts […]
Section 14-409 – Use of Compost in Public Lands of the State
(a) A State or local unit responsible for the maintenance of public lands in the State, to the maximum extent practicable, shall give consideration and preference to the use of compost in any land maintenance activity that is to be paid for with public funds. (b) It is the goal of the Department of General Services to: […]
Section 14-410 – Maryland Green Purchasing Committee
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Committee” means the Maryland Green Purchasing Committee. (3) “Environmentally preferable purchasing” means the procurement or acquisition of goods and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing goods or services that serve the same purpose, based […]
Section 14-411 – Employee Uniforms and Equipment — Place of Manufacture
(a) In this section, “public employer” means: (1) a unit; (2) a county; (3) a municipality in the State; (4) a school district in the State; or (5) any special district in the State. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this section, a public employer may not knowingly buy, furnish, or require an employee to buy or acquire for use […]
Section 14-412 – Energy Efficient Outdoor Lighting Fixtures in State Buildings
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Lamp” means the component of a luminaire that produces the light. (3) “Lumen” means a unit of measurement of luminous flux. (4) “Luminaire” means the complete lighting unit, including the lamp or other component that produces light and the assembly that holds the lamp, including an assembly […]
Section 14-413 – Disclosure of Conflict Minerals Originated in Democratic Republic of Congo Required
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) (i) “Conflict mineral” means a mineral or mineral derivative determined under federal law to be financing human conflict. (ii) “Conflict mineral” includes columbite–tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframrite, or derivatives of these minerals. (3) “Noncompliant person” means a person: (i) that is required to disclose under federal law information relating […]
Section 14-414 – Purchasing Electronic Products
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) “Electronic product” means a product covered by EPEAT or another comprehensive environmental rating system approved by the Department of Information Technology. (3) “EPEAT” means the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool. (b) When purchasing an electronic product to be used by the State, a State unit shall purchase […]