# Local Government (GLG)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 4. Purchasing and Sales

#### Section 1-404

(a) This section applies to all counties and municipalities.

(b) A county or municipality that operates a minority business enterprise utilization program for county or municipal procurements and has a process for the certification of minority business enterprises for eligibility in that program shall accept as certified for the program any person that has been certified as a minority business enterprise by the State certification agency designated under Sec. 14-303(b) of the State Finance and Procurement Article.

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Md. Code Ann., Local Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)