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<section number="10A-158.09" name="Police Department Towing Contracts; requirements" law="code" slug="sec-10a-158.09" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_10APU_DIV6SPPR_SD17PODETOCO_S10A-158.09PODETOCORE">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Police Department towing contracts shall be subject to the provisions of this Subtitle, except as follows:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Notwithstanding Section 10A-161 and Section 10A-162 of this Subtitle, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the total annual dollars paid from Police Department towing contracts shall be paid to County-based minority business enterprises and County-based small businesses, with no less than twenty-nine (29%) of the total annual dollars paid from Police Department towing contracts paid to County-based minority business enterprises; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Police Department towing contracts shall be bid every two years with no option for extensions; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Contractors or Subcontractors with an employee or employee(s) with one felony conviction shall be considered as eligible bidders, Contractors, and Subcontractors in Police Department towing bids, contracts, and subcontracts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Neither Contractors or Subcontractors shall dispatch drivers who have been convicted of a violent felony in the last five years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Employee or Employees with misdemeanors shall not be a factor in eligibility.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
