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HOUSE BILL 377
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By: Montgomery County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 26, 2023
Assigned to: Health and Government Operations
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted
Read second time: March 1, 2023
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Montgomery County – Village of Friendship Heights Special Taxing District 2
– Procurement 3
MC 15–23 4
FOR the purpose of increasing the threshold amount above which the Friendship Heights 5
Village Council is prohibited from entering into a certain contract without a 6
competitive bidding process; authorizing the village council to enter into a certain 7
contract that exceeds the threshold amount without a competitive bidding process if 8
the procurement is in response to an emergency; and generally relating to 9
procurement in the Village of Friendship Heights special taxing district. 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
The Public Local Laws of Montgomery County 12
Section 66–10 13
Article 16 – Public Local Laws of Maryland 14
(2004 Edition and September 2022 Supplement, as amended) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article 16 – Montgomery County 18
Sec. 66–10. 19
2 HOUSE BILL 377
(a) [The] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, THE 1
“Friendship Heights Village Council” may not expend for material or work a sum exceeding 2
[$5,000] $20,000 without having first advertised the specifications therefor and inviting 3
bids for it, after which the village council may purchase whatever material or make contract 4
for work or have the work done by employed labor or otherwise, as it may deem best. 5
(b) (1) IN THIS SUBSECTION , “EMERGENCY ” MEANS AN OCCURRENCE OR 6
CONDITION THAT : 7
(I) THE VILLAGE COUNCIL R EASONABL Y COULD NOT FORESEE ; 8
AND 9
(II) REQUIRES AN ACTION TO AVOID OR MITIGATE SE RIOUS 10
DAMAGE TO PUBLIC HEA LTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE. 11
(2) THE VILLAGE COUNCIL , BY MAJORITY VOTE , MAY ENTER INTO A 12
CONTRACT EXCEEDING $20,000 WITHOUT SEEKING COMP ETITIVE BIDS IF THE 13
PROCUREMENT IS IN RESPONSE TO AN E MERGENCY. 14
(C) The village council may engage in cooperative procurement with other 15
governmental entities in Montgomery County. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 17
October 1, 2023. 18
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.