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<section article="glg" article_name="Local Government" number="1-401" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Purchasing and Sales">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “computer software program” means a software program used to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>access data in a computer system; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>implement a process using data in a computer system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to a computer software program subject to Title 10, Subtitle 9 of the State Government Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A county or municipality may sell, lease, or license to the public, or enter into a contract concerning, a computer software program, including any associated patent, trademark, or copyright, that is produced by or for the county or municipality in the normal course of its operations.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A county or municipality may adopt a price structure for a computer software program based on any factors that the county or municipality considers relevant, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the cost of producing, reproducing, and delivering the computer software program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>overhead and labor costs; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the fair market value of the computer software program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
