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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="12-204" title_number="12" title_name="Organization and Supervision of State Procurement" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Supervision of Capital Expenditures and Real Property Leases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a lease entered into on or before May 31, 1967, unless the lease is renewed after that date.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section and § 13–108 of this article, before a unit executes or renews a lease of land, buildings, or office space, the Board shall approve the lease or lease renewal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>After review by the Secretary of General Services, the Board may designate the location of any unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may adopt regulations, in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article, that allow a unit to execute or renew a lease without Board approval.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>These regulations are subject to the approval of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the General Assembly; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>while the General Assembly is not in session, the Legislative Policy Committee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Regulations adopted under this section shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>establish an expenditure or use classification to determine which leases or lease renewals may be entered into without Board approval;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>set an amount for each classification and require a unit to obtain approval if a lease or lease renewal exceeds that amount; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>require a unit to establish a reporting system approved by the Board to inform the Board about leases or lease renewals entered into without Board approval.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Board may not approve a lease that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>transfers ownership of the property to the lessee on or before the termination of the lease;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>allows the lessee to purchase the property below fair market value or for a fixed amount;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>is for a term that is 75% or more of the estimated useful economic life of the property; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>has payments with a present value that is 90% or more of the fair market value of the property.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board may approve a lease described in paragraph (1) of this subsection if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Capital Debt Affordability Committee has certified to the Governor and the General Assembly that the total amount of new State debt to be incurred by the lease may prudently be authorized; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the General Assembly has approved the lease in the budget for the requesting unit.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
