Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 16-202
This is the official text of Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 16-202, part of Maryland’s Code, State Finance and Procurement — governs the state budget and government contracting.
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§16–202.
Official statutory text
(a) A person is debarred by operation of law from entering into a contract with a public body if the person has been convicted under the laws of the State for bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe, committed in furtherance of obtaining a contract with a public body.
(b) A person may be debarred from entering into a contract with a public body, if the person:
(1) has been convicted under the laws of the State for bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe, committed other than in furtherance of obtaining a contract with any public body;
(2) has been convicted under the laws of another state or of the United States of bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe; or
(3) during the course of an official investigation or other proceeding has admitted, in writing or under oath, acts or omissions that would constitute bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe, under the laws of the State, another state or the United States.
(b) A person may be debarred from entering into a contract with a public body, if the person:
(1) has been convicted under the laws of the State for bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe, committed other than in furtherance of obtaining a contract with any public body;
(2) has been convicted under the laws of another state or of the United States of bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe; or
(3) during the course of an official investigation or other proceeding has admitted, in writing or under oath, acts or omissions that would constitute bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe, under the laws of the State, another state or the United States.
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