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| 22 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 24 | 18 | | State Procurement Preferences – Blind Industries and Services of Maryland – 2 |
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| 25 | 19 | | Packaging and Repackaging 3 |
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| 27 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring a State or State aided or controlled entity to require a prime 4 |
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| 28 | 22 | | contractor to procure certain janitorial products packaged or repackaged by Blind 5 |
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| 29 | 23 | | Industries and Services of Maryland; and generally relating to procurement 6 |
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| 30 | 24 | | preferences and Blind Industries and Services of Maryland. 7 |
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| 32 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 33 | 27 | | Article – State Finance and Procurement 9 |
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| 34 | 28 | | Section 14–103(c) 10 |
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| 35 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 36 | 30 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 |
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| 38 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 39 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 40 | 34 | | |
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| 41 | 35 | | Article – State Finance and Procurement 15 |
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| 43 | 37 | | 14–103. 16 |
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| 45 | 39 | | (c) To the extent practicable, a State or State aided or controlled entity shall 17 |
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| 46 | 40 | | include in a maintenance contract that has a component for housekeeping or janitorial 18 |
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| 47 | 41 | | services, a requirement that a prime contractor procure janitorial products from Blind 19 |
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| 51 | | - | remanufactured, PACKAGED, REPACKAGED, or assembled by Blind Industries and 1 |
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| 52 | | - | Services of Maryland and are available. 2 |
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| 54 | | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3 |
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| 55 | | - | 1, 2025. 4 |
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| 59 | | - | Approved: |
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| 60 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 61 | | - | Governor. |
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| 62 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 63 | | - | President of the Senate. |
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| 64 | | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ |
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| 65 | | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. |
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| 46 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENA CTED, That this Act shall take effect July 23 |
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| 47 | + | 1, 2025. 24 |
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