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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 40-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Board.">“Board” means the Baltimore City Board of Estimates.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Business.">“Business” means any commercial activity conducted by a person.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="City.">“City” means:<para num="(1)">the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">any of its agencies, instrumentalities, or units.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Contract.">“Contract” means any agreement in any form.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Controlling stockholder.">“Controlling stockholder” means a stockholder who:<para num="(1)">owns more than 25% of the voting stock of a corporation; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">notwithstanding the number of shares that the stockholder owns, has the power to direct or control the direction of the management or policies of a corporation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Convicted.">“Convicted” includes an accepted plea of nolo contendere.</para>
    <para num="(h)" />
    <para num="(i)" heading="Principal.">“Principal” means:<para num="(1)">a sole proprietor;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a partner, officer, director, or controlling stockholder; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">an employee directly involved in the process of obtaining contracts with public bodies.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Public body.">“Public body” means:<para num="(1)">the United States;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the State of Maryland;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the City of Baltimore;</para>
      <para num="(4)">any other local governmental unit in the State, including a county, a municipal corporation, or a bicounty or multicounty governmental entity; and</para>
      <para num="(5)">any agency, instrumentality, or unit of these entities.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
