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<baltimore-city-law heading="Part VI – Effect and Enforcement of Debarment">
  <section prefix="§" num="40-24" heading="Effect of debarment or suspension.">
    <text>A person or business that is debarred or suspended under this subtitle may not, at any time during the period of debarment or suspension, be considered for the award of, be awarded, or perform, directly or indirectly, a contract with the City.</text>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-25" heading="Roster of debarred and suspended persons and businesses.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Board shall keep a roster of all persons and businesses debarred or suspended under this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Public record.">The roster is a public record.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-26" heading="Affidavits of qualification.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">On submitting a bid, proposal, or other offer or request for a contract with the City, a person must submit an affidavit as provided in this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Offenses.">The affidavit shall state whether, to the best of the person’s knowledge, the person or any principal in the person’s business:<para num="(1)">has been convicted of bribery, attempted bribery, or conspiracy to bribe under the laws of this State, any other state, or the United States;</para>
      <para num="(2)">has been convicted of any offense described in &lt;cite data-path="|5|§40-7"&gt;§ 40-7 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
      <para num="(3)">has been found civilly liable under an antitrust statute as described in &lt;cite data-path="|5|§40-7"&gt;§ 40-7 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt;; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">is a principal, successor, assignee, subsidiary, or affiliate of a person who is debarred or suspended.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Subcontractor and suppliers.">The affidavit also shall contain the person’s affirmation that, in performing the contract with the City, it will not knowingly contract with a person or business debarred or suspended under this subtitle to provide, directly or indirectly, supplies, architectural services, construction or construction-related services, leases of real property, or any other goods or services.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Updating prior affidavit.">The requirements of this section are satisfied if the affidavit:<para num="(1)">incorporates by reference the statements contained in an affidavit filed with the City within the previous year; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">states that those statements remain accurate.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="40-27" heading="Limitations of actions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, debarment proceedings under this title must be instituted within 5 years after:<para num="(1)">the conviction or judgment that constitutes cause for debarment has become final;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the admission that constitutes cause for debarment has been made; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">the occurrence of any other event that constitutes a cause for debarment.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Extension of time.">Debarment proceedings may be brought after the period set forth in subsection (a) of this section if they are instituted within 1 year of when the Board discovered or, by the exercise of ordinary diligence, should have discovered the grounds for debarment.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 00-005</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
