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HOUSE BILL 739
F3 2lr1740
CF SB 916
By: Charles County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: February 3, 2022
Assigned to: Appropriations
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 13, 2022
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AN ACT concerning 1
Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of Public–Private 2
Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools 3
FOR the purpose of establishing a Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability 4
of Public–Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools; and generally 5
relating to the Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of 6
Public–Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools. 7
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 8
That: 9
(a) There is a Workgroup to Study the Fiscal and Operational Viability of 10
Public–Private Partnerships for Charles County Public Schools. 11
(b) The Workgroup consists of the following members: 12
(1) two Senators appointed by the President of the Senate, based on the 13
recommendation of the chair of the Charles County Senate Delegation; 14
(2) two Delegates appointed by the Speaker of the House, based on the 15
recommendation of the chair of the Charles County House Delegation; 16
(3) two members of the Board of Charles County Commissioners, appointed 17
by the Board of Charles County Commissioners; 18
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(4) two members of the Charles County Board of Education, appointed by 1
the Chair of the Charles County Board of Education; 2
(5) the Chair of the Interagency Commission on School Construction, or the 3
Chair’s designee; and 4
(6) the Executive Director of the Maryland Stadium Authority, or the 5
Executive Director’s designee. 6
(c) The Workgroup members shall elect the chair of the Workgroup. 7
(d) The Charles County Board of Education shall provide staff for the Workgroup. 8
(e) A member of the Workgroup: 9
(1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Workgroup; but 10
(2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State 11
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget. 12
(f) The Workgroup shall: 13
(1) study: 14
(i) the fiscal and operational viability of using a public–private 15
partnership for financing, constructing, maintaining, and operating schools in Charles 16
County; 17
(ii) implementation of a public–private partnership by Charles 18
County Public Schools; and 19
(iii) how a public–private partnership may relieve the significant 20
burden for funding new school construction and renovations for Charles County Public 21
Schools; and 22
(2) make recommendations regarding using a public–private partnership 23
for: 24
(i) new school construction; and 25
(ii) maintenance and rehabilitation of schools to meet the identified 26
needs at lower cost. 27
(g) On or before December 31, 2022, the Workgroup shall report its findings and 28
recommendations to the Board of Charles County Commissioners, the Charles County 29
Board of Education, the Interagency Commission on School Construction, and, in 30 HOUSE BILL 739 3
accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the members of the Charles 1
County Delegation to the General Assembly. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect June 3
1, 2022. It shall remain effective for a period of 1 year and 1 month and, at the end of June 4
30, 2023, this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be 5
abrogated and of no further force and effect. 6
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.