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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | 5 | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | 6 | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | 7 | amendment. | |
| 8 | - | Italics indicate opposite chamber/conference committee amendments. | |
| 9 | 8 | *sb0923* | |
| 10 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 10 | SENATE BILL 923 | |
| 12 | - | F1, P2 (5lr0926) | |
| 13 | - | ENROLLED BILL | |
| 14 | - | — Education, Energy, and the Environment/Ways and Means and Health and | |
| 15 | - | Government Operations — | |
| 16 | - | Introduced by Senator Gile Senators Gile, Attar, Augustine, Brooks, Carozza, | |
| 17 | - | Hester, Kagan, and M. Washington | |
| 18 | - | ||
| 19 | - | Read and Examined by Proofreaders: | |
| 20 | - | ||
| 21 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 22 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 23 | - | _______________________________________________ | |
| 24 | - | Proofreader. | |
| 25 | - | ||
| 26 | - | Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this | |
| 27 | - | ||
| 28 | - | _______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M. | |
| 29 | - | ||
| 30 | - | ______________________________________________ | |
| 31 | - | President. | |
| 11 | + | F1, P2 5lr0926 | |
| 12 | + | CF HB 1483 | |
| 13 | + | By: Senator Gile Senators Gile, Attar, Augustine, Brooks, Carozza, Hester, Kagan, | |
| 14 | + | and M. Washington | |
| 15 | + | Introduced and read first time: January 28, 2025 | |
| 16 | + | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment | |
| 17 | + | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 18 | + | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 19 | + | Read second time: February 16, 2025 | |
| 32 | 20 | ||
| 33 | 21 | CHAPTER ______ | |
| 34 | 22 | ||
| 35 | 23 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 36 | 24 | ||
| 37 | 25 | Public Schools – High School Sports Officiating Services – Procurement 2 | |
| 38 | - | Requirements | |
| 26 | + | Requirements 3 | |
| 39 | 27 | ||
| 40 | 28 | FOR the purpose of establishing requirements for local school systems that issue 4 | |
| 41 | 29 | invitations for bids for high school sports officiating services for boys’ and girls’ high 5 | |
| 42 | 30 | school sports; and generally relating to procurement requirements for high school 6 | |
| 43 | - | sports officiating services requiring the State Department of Education, in 7 | |
| 44 | - | consultation with the Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association to 8 | |
| 45 | - | develop and periodically update a list of similar high school sports that are 9 | |
| 46 | - | categorized together; requiring a county board of education to ensure that certain high 10 | |
| 47 | - | school sports officials for certain high school sports are provided equal pay; requiring 11 | |
| 48 | - | a county board to conduct invitations for bids for high school sports officiating 12 2 SENATE BILL 923 | |
| 31 | + | sports officiating services. 7 | |
| 32 | + | ||
| 33 | + | BY adding to 8 | |
| 34 | + | Article – Education 9 | |
| 35 | + | Section 4–147 10 | |
| 36 | + | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 37 | + | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 38 | + | ||
| 39 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 40 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | Article – Education 15 | |
| 43 | + | ||
| 44 | + | 4–147. 16 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | (A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE F OLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS 17 | |
| 47 | + | INDICATED. 18 | |
| 48 | + | 2 SENATE BILL 923 | |
| 49 | 49 | ||
| 50 | 50 | ||
| 51 | - | services in a certain manner; and generally relating to compensation for high school 1 | |
| 52 | - | sports officials. 2 | |
| 51 | + | (2) “ASSIGNING FEES” MEANS THE FEES CHARG ED BY AN ASSIGNOR . 1 | |
| 53 | 52 | ||
| 54 | - | BY adding to 3 | |
| 55 | - | Article – Education 4 | |
| 56 | - | Section 4–147 5 | |
| 57 | - | Annotated Code of Maryland 6 | |
| 58 | - | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 7 | |
| 53 | + | (3) “ASSIGNOR” MEANS AN OFFICIATING ASSOCIATION OR 2 | |
| 54 | + | ORGANIZATION OR AN I NDEPENDENT CONTRACTO R THAT: 3 | |
| 59 | 55 | ||
| 60 | - | | |
| 61 | - | ||
| 56 | + | (I) IS REGISTERED AND IN GOOD STANDING WITH T HE STATE 4 | |
| 57 | + | DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION; AND 5 | |
| 62 | 58 | ||
| 63 | - | Article – Education 10 | |
| 59 | + | (II) PROVIDES, ASSIGNS, AND SCHEDULES THE OF FICIALS THAT 6 | |
| 60 | + | PROVIDE THE HIGH SCH OOL SPORTS OFFICIATI NG SERVICES FOR A HI GH SCHOOL 7 | |
| 61 | + | SPORTING EVENT . 8 | |
| 64 | 62 | ||
| 65 | - | 4–147. 11 | |
| 63 | + | (4) “HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OF FICIATING SERVICES ” MEANS THE 9 | |
| 64 | + | OFFICIATING SERVICES PROVIDED BY AN OFFIC IAL, AN UMPIRE, A REFEREE, OR A 10 | |
| 65 | + | JUDGE AT A HIGH SCHO OL SPORTING EVEN T. 11 | |
| 66 | 66 | ||
| 67 | - | ( | |
| 68 | - | ||
| 67 | + | (5) “SIMILAR BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ” MEANS HIGH 12 | |
| 68 | + | SCHOOL SPORTS THAT : 13 | |
| 69 | 69 | ||
| 70 | - | ( | |
| 70 | + | (I) OCCUR IN THE SAME SEA SON; 14 | |
| 71 | 71 | ||
| 72 | - | (3) “ASSIGNOR” MEANS AN OFFICIATING ASSOCIATION OR 15 | |
| 73 | - | ORGANIZATION OR AN I NDEPENDENT CONTRACTO R THAT: 16 | |
| 72 | + | (II) HAVE COMPARABLE RULES ; 15 | |
| 74 | 73 | ||
| 75 | - | ( | |
| 76 | - | ||
| 74 | + | (III) HAVE A SIMILAR NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORT S 16 | |
| 75 | + | OFFICIALS; AND 17 | |
| 77 | 76 | ||
| 78 | - | (II) PROVIDES, ASSIGNS, AND SCHEDULES THE OF FICIALS THAT 19 | |
| 79 | - | PROVIDE THE HIGH SCH OOL SPORTS OFFICIATI NG SERVICES FOR A HI GH SCHOOL 20 | |
| 80 | - | SPORTING EVENT . 21 | |
| 77 | + | (IV) HAVE A SIMILAR TIME O F COMPETITION. 18 | |
| 81 | 78 | ||
| 82 | - | ( | |
| 83 | - | ||
| 84 | - | ||
| 79 | + | (B) A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL ISSUE INVITATI ONS FOR BIDS OR 19 | |
| 80 | + | REQUESTS FOR PROPOSA LS FOR SIMILAR BOYS ’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 20 | |
| 81 | + | OFFICIATING SERVICES SIMULTANEOUSLY . 21 | |
| 85 | 82 | ||
| 86 | - | (3) “HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OF FICIATING ROLE ” MEANS AN 25 | |
| 87 | - | OFFICIATING ASSIGNME NT FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICIAL TH AT REQUIRES 26 | |
| 88 | - | PERFORMANCE OF A DEF INED SET OF HIGH SCH OOL SPORTS OFFICIATI NG SERVICES. 27 | |
| 83 | + | (C) (1) A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM MAY ISSUE AN INVITAT ION FOR BIDS OR 22 | |
| 84 | + | A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS T HAT REQUIRES A PROSP ECTIVE BIDDER OR OFF EROR 23 | |
| 85 | + | TO INCLUDE IN A BID OR AN OFFER BOTH BOY S’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 24 | |
| 86 | + | OFFICIATING SERVICES . 25 | |
| 89 | 87 | ||
| 90 | - | (4) “HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OF FICIATING SERVICES ” MEANS THE 28 | |
| 91 | - | OFFICIATING SERVICES PROVIDED BY AN OFFICIAL, AN UMPIRE, A REFEREE, OR A 29 | |
| 92 | - | JUDGE AT A HIGH SCHO OL SPORTING EVENT A HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICIAL 30 | |
| 93 | - | WHEN OVERSEEING A HI GH SCHOOL SPORT . 31 | |
| 88 | + | (2) IF A LOCAL SCHOOL SYS TEM ISSUES SEPARATE INVITATIONS FOR 26 | |
| 89 | + | BIDS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 27 | |
| 90 | + | OFFICIATING SERVICES , THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYS TEM: 28 | |
| 94 | 91 | SENATE BILL 923 3 | |
| 95 | 92 | ||
| 96 | 93 | ||
| 97 | - | (5) “SIMILAR BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS ” MEANS HIGH 1 | |
| 98 | - | SCHOOL SPORTS THAT : 2 | |
| 94 | + | (I) MAY NOT SET SEPARATE DEADLINES FOR THE SU BMISSION 1 | |
| 95 | + | OF BIDS AND OFFERS F OR BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O FFICIATING SERVICES AND 2 | |
| 96 | + | GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O FFICIATING SERVICES; AND 3 | |
| 99 | 97 | ||
| 100 | - | (I) OCCUR IN THE SAME SEA SON; 3 | |
| 98 | + | (II) MAY REQUIRE THAT PROS PECTIVE BIDDERS OR O FFERORS 4 | |
| 99 | + | PARTNER TO ENSURE TH AT BIDS AND OFFERS F OR BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 5 | |
| 100 | + | OFFICIATING SERVICES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY B IDS AND OFFERS FOR G IRLS’ HIGH 6 | |
| 101 | + | SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICI ATING SERVICES . 7 | |
| 101 | 102 | ||
| 102 | - | (II) HAVE COMPARABLE RULES ; 4 | |
| 103 | + | (D) A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL REJECT A BID O R PROPOSAL IF 8 | |
| 104 | + | ENTERING INTO A PROC UREMENT CONTRACT BAS ED ON THE BID OR PRO POSAL 9 | |
| 105 | + | WOULD RESULT , FOR SIMILAR BOYS ’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS , IN THE RATE 10 | |
| 106 | + | OF PAY OR ASSIGNING FEES RECEIVED BY IND IVIDUALS OFFICIATING GIRLS’ HIGH 11 | |
| 107 | + | SCHOOL SPORTS OR ASS IGNING GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O FFICIALS BEING 12 | |
| 108 | + | DIFFERENT FROM THE R ATE OF PAY OR ASSIGN ING FEES FOR INDIVID UALS 13 | |
| 109 | + | OFFICIATING BOYS ’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O R ASSIGNING BOYS ’ HIGH SCHOOL 14 | |
| 110 | + | SPORTS OFFICIALS . 15 | |
| 103 | 111 | ||
| 104 | - | ( | |
| 105 | - | ||
| 112 | + | (E) THIS SECTION MAY N OT BE CONSTRUED TO P ROHIBIT THE PAYMENT OF 16 | |
| 113 | + | ASSIGNING FEES AS A BONUS THAT IS PAID O UTSIDE A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT. 17 | |
| 106 | 114 | ||
| 107 | - | (IV) HAVE A SIMILAR TIME O F COMPETITION . 7 | |
| 115 | + | (F) THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEVELO P GUIDELINES TO ASSI ST A LOCAL 18 | |
| 116 | + | SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TH E PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, 19 | |
| 117 | + | INCLUDING ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHIC H HIGH SCHOOL 20 | |
| 118 | + | SPORTS QUALIFY AS SI MILAR BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS . 21 | |
| 108 | 119 | ||
| 109 | - | (B) A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL ISSUE INVITATI ONS FOR BIDS OR 8 | |
| 110 | - | REQUESTS FOR PROPOSA LS FOR SIMILAR BOYS ’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 9 | |
| 111 | - | OFFICIATING SERVICES SIMULTANEOUSLY . 10 | |
| 120 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 22 | |
| 112 | 121 | ||
| 113 | - | ( | |
| 114 | - | ||
| 115 | - | ||
| 116 | - | ||
| 122 | + | (a) A local school system that executed a procurement contract for high school 23 | |
| 123 | + | sports officiating services, as defined in § 4–147 of the Education Article, as enacted by 24 | |
| 124 | + | Section 1 of this Act, on or before July 1, 2025, may extend the term of the contract to align 25 | |
| 125 | + | the contract timelines for similar boys’ and girls’ high school sports. 26 | |
| 117 | 126 | ||
| 118 | - | (2) IF A LOCAL SCHOOL SYS TEM ISSUES SEPARATE INVI TATIONS FOR 15 | |
| 119 | - | BIDS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR BOYS ’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 16 | |
| 120 | - | OFFICIATING SERVICES , THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYS TEM: 17 | |
| 127 | + | (b) A local school system may not extend a contract under subsection (a) of this 27 | |
| 128 | + | section beyond July 1, 2029. 28 | |
| 121 | 129 | ||
| 122 | - | (I) MAY NOT SET SEPARATE DEADLINES FOR THE SU BMISSION 18 | |
| 123 | - | OF BIDS AND OFFERS F OR BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICIATING SERVICES AND 19 | |
| 124 | - | GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O FFICIATING SERVICES ; AND 20 | |
| 130 | + | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except for a contract for high 29 | |
| 131 | + | school sports officials extended by a local school system in accordance with Section 2 of this 30 | |
| 132 | + | Act, this Act shall be construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or 31 | |
| 133 | + | interpreted to have any effect on or application to any procurement contracts for high school 32 | |
| 134 | + | sports officiating services, as defined in § 4–147 of the Education Article, as enacted under 33 | |
| 135 | + | Section 1 of this Act, entered into before the effective date of this Act. 34 | |
| 125 | 136 | ||
| 126 | - | (II) MAY REQUIRE THAT PROS PECTIVE BIDDERS OR O FFERORS 21 | |
| 127 | - | PARTNER TO ENSURE TH AT BIDS AND OFFERS F OR BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 22 | |
| 128 | - | OFFICIATING SERVICES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY B IDS AND OFFERS FOR GIRLS ’ HIGH 23 | |
| 129 | - | SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICI ATING SERVICES . 24 | |
| 130 | - | ||
| 131 | - | (D) A LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SHALL REJECT A BID O R PROPOSAL IF 25 | |
| 132 | - | ENTERING INTO A PROC UREMENT CONTRACT BAS ED ON THE BID OR PRO POSAL 26 | |
| 133 | - | WOULD RESULT , FOR SIMILAR BOYS ’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS , IN THE RATE 27 | |
| 134 | - | OF PAY OR ASSIGNING FEES RECEIVED BY IND IVIDUALS OFFICIATING GIRLS’ HIGH 28 | |
| 135 | - | SCHOOL SPORTS OR ASS IGNING GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O FFICIALS BEING 29 | |
| 136 | - | DIFFERENT FROM THE R ATE OF PAY OR ASSIGN ING FEES FOR INDIVID UALS 30 | |
| 137 | - | OFFICIATING BOYS ’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O R ASSIGNING BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL 31 | |
| 138 | - | SPORTS OFFICIALS . 32 | |
| 139 | - | 4 SENATE BILL 923 | |
| 140 | - | ||
| 141 | - | ||
| 142 | - | (E) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PROH IBIT THE PAYMENT OF 1 | |
| 143 | - | ASSIGNING FEES AS A BONUS THAT IS PAID O UTSIDE A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT. 2 | |
| 144 | - | ||
| 145 | - | (F) THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEVELO P GUIDELINES TO ASSI ST A LOCAL 3 | |
| 146 | - | SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE IMPLEMENTATIO N OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION , 4 | |
| 147 | - | INCLUDING ADDITIONAL CRITERIA FOR DETERMI NING WHICH HIGH SCHO OL 5 | |
| 148 | - | SPORTS QUALIFY AS SI MILAR BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS . 6 | |
| 149 | - | ||
| 150 | - | (B) (1) ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2025, THE DEPARTMENT , IN 7 | |
| 151 | - | CONSULTATION WITH TH E MARYLAND PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC 8 | |
| 152 | - | ASSOCIATION, SHALL DEVELOP A LIST OF SIMILAR HIGH SCHO OL SPORTS FOR BOYS 9 | |
| 153 | - | AND GIRLS. 10 | |
| 154 | - | ||
| 155 | - | (2) IN CATEGORIZING BOYS ’ AND GIRLS’ SPORTS AS SIMILAR , THE 11 | |
| 156 | - | DEPARTMENT SHALL CONS IDER WHETHER EACH SP ORT: 12 | |
| 157 | - | ||
| 158 | - | (I) OCCURS IN THE SAME SE ASON; 13 | |
| 159 | - | ||
| 160 | - | (II) HAS COMPARABLE RULES ; 14 | |
| 161 | - | ||
| 162 | - | (III) REQUIRES A SIMILAR NU MBER OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 15 | |
| 163 | - | OFFICIALS; 16 | |
| 164 | - | ||
| 165 | - | (IV) REQUIRES SIMILAR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICI ATING 17 | |
| 166 | - | SERVICES; AND 18 | |
| 167 | - | ||
| 168 | - | (V) FEATURES COMPETITION OF COMPARABLE LENGTHS OF 19 | |
| 169 | - | TIME. 20 | |
| 170 | - | ||
| 171 | - | (3) THE DEPARTMENT , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MARYLAND 21 | |
| 172 | - | PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, SHALL UPDATE THE LIS T 22 | |
| 173 | - | EVERY 3 YEARS. 23 | |
| 174 | - | ||
| 175 | - | (C) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLI ES TO A HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICIAL 24 | |
| 176 | - | WHO: 25 | |
| 177 | - | ||
| 178 | - | (I) IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL SYS TEM; OR 26 | |
| 179 | - | ||
| 180 | - | (II) IS EMPLOYED BY AN IND EPENDENT CONTRACTOR OR 27 | |
| 181 | - | OFFICIATING ASSOCIAT ION OR ORGANIZATION , WITH WHICH THE COUNT Y BOARD 28 | |
| 182 | - | CONTRACTS. 29 | |
| 183 | - | ||
| 184 | - | (2) A COUNTY BOARD SHALL E NSURE THAT HIGH SCHO OL SPORTS 30 | |
| 185 | - | OFFICIALS RECEIVE TH E SAME PAY IF THE OFFICIALS: 31 SENATE BILL 923 5 | |
| 186 | - | ||
| 187 | - | ||
| 188 | - | ||
| 189 | - | (I) ARE IN SIMILAR HIGH S CHOOL SPORTS OFFICIA TING ROLES; 1 | |
| 190 | - | AND 2 | |
| 191 | - | ||
| 192 | - | (II) ARE PROVIDING OFFICIA TING SERVICES FOR SP ORTS 3 | |
| 193 | - | CATEGORIZED AS SIMIL AR UNDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION. 4 | |
| 194 | - | ||
| 195 | - | (D) (1) A COUNTY BOARD SHALL R EJECT A BID OR PROPO SAL FOR A 5 | |
| 196 | - | PROCUREMENT CONTRACT THAT WOULD RESULT IN DIFFERENT PAY OR FEE S FOR 6 | |
| 197 | - | HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS O FFICIALS IN A SIMILA R HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICIATING 7 | |
| 198 | - | ROLE FOR SPORTS CATE GORIZED AS SIMILAR U NDER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS 8 | |
| 199 | - | SECTION. 9 | |
| 200 | - | ||
| 201 | - | (2) WHEN SOLICITING INVIT ATIONS FOR A BID OR A REQUEST FOR A 10 | |
| 202 | - | PROPOSAL FOR HIGH SC HOOL SPORTS OFFICIAT ING SERVICES, A COUNTY BOARD 11 | |
| 203 | - | SHALL SOLICIT BIDS O R REQUESTS FOR A PRO POSAL FOR EACH SPORT WITHIN A 12 | |
| 204 | - | REASONABLE TIME OF T HE SOLICITATION OF B IDS OR REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS 13 | |
| 205 | - | FOR ALL SPORTS CATEG ORIZED AS SIMILAR UN DER SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS 14 | |
| 206 | - | SECTION. 15 | |
| 207 | - | ||
| 208 | - | (E) (1) THIS SECTION MAY ONLY BE CONSTRUED TO REQU IRE PARITY 16 | |
| 209 | - | BETWEEN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICIALS PER FORMING SIMILAR ROLE S IN 17 | |
| 210 | - | SIMILAR SPORTS WITHI N A COUNTY AND MAY N OT BE CONSTRUED TO R EQUIRE 18 | |
| 211 | - | PARITY IN HIGH SCHOOL SPO RTS OFFICIALS BETWEE N COUNTIES. 19 | |
| 212 | - | ||
| 213 | - | (2) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON 20 | |
| 214 | - | THE GROUPING OF SPOR TS TOGETHER FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN T HE 21 | |
| 215 | - | PAYMENT OF HIGH SCHO OL SPORTS OFFICIALS OR FEES ASSIGNED TO CONTRACTS 22 | |
| 216 | - | FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS OFFICI ALS. 23 | |
| 217 | - | ||
| 218 | - | (3) THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PROH IBIT FEES 24 | |
| 219 | - | OUTSIDE OF A PROCURE MENT CONTRACT AS A B ONUS TO HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 25 | |
| 220 | - | OFFICIALS. 26 | |
| 221 | - | ||
| 222 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That: 27 | |
| 223 | - | ||
| 224 | - | (a) A local school system that executed a procurement contract for high school 28 | |
| 225 | - | sports officiating services, as defined in § 4–147 of the Education Article, as enacted by 29 | |
| 226 | - | Section 1 of this Act, on or before July 1, 2025, may extend the term of the contract to align 30 | |
| 227 | - | the contract timelines for similar boys’ and girls’ high school sports. 31 | |
| 228 | - | ||
| 229 | - | (b) A local school system may not extend a contract under subsection (a) of this 32 | |
| 230 | - | section beyond July 1, 2029. 33 | |
| 231 | - | 6 SENATE BILL 923 | |
| 232 | - | ||
| 233 | - | ||
| 234 | - | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except for a contract for high 1 | |
| 235 | - | school sports officials extended by a local school system in accordance with Section 2 of this 2 | |
| 236 | - | Act, this Act shall be construed to apply only prospectively and may not be applied or 3 | |
| 237 | - | interpreted to have any effect on or application to any procurement contracts for high school 4 | |
| 238 | - | sports officiating services, as defined in § 4–147 of the Education Article, as enacted under 5 | |
| 239 | - | Section 1 of this Act, entered into before the effective date of this Act. 6 | |
| 240 | - | ||
| 241 | - | SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7 | |
| 242 | - | 1, 2025. 8 | |
| 243 | - | ||
| 244 | - | ||
| 245 | - | ||
| 246 | - | ||
| 247 | - | Approved: | |
| 248 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 249 | - | Governor. | |
| 250 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 251 | - | President of the Senate. | |
| 252 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 253 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 137 | + | SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 35 | |
| 138 | + | 1, 2025. 36 |