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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-1 “Business with the City” defined.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-1" heading="“Business with the City” defined.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In this subtitle, “business with the City” means any 1 or combination of sales, purchases, leases, or contracts:<para num="(1)">that are made:<para num="(i)">to, from, or with the City or an agency of the City; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">to, from, or with another person in connection with or in furtherance of a contract that is being negotiated or has been entered into by the other person with the City or an agency of the City; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">involve consideration of $5,000 or more on a cumulative basis.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Determining consideration.">For purposes of this section, the total consideration committed to be paid as of the award or execution of a contract or lease, to the extent then ascertainable, is included, regardless of the period over which payments are to be made.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-795</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-267</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-307</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Agency	§2-2</annotation>
    <annotation type="Defined Terms">Person	§2-22</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
