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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="12-401" title_number="12" title_name="Organization and Supervision of State Procurement" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Policies and Procedures for Exempt Units">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, each unit with an exemption from any provision of Division II of this article shall have written policies and procedures for the exempted unit’s procurements.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>§ 11–203(a)(1)(iii) of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 11–203(a)(2) of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>§ 11–203(e) of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>§ 11–203(g) of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Written policies and procedures shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the types of procurement exempted from Division II of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the methods of procurement to be used for procurements provided under item (1) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the advertising requirements for each type of procurement provided under item (1) of this subsection;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>procurement goals, including minority business enterprise participation, for each type of procurement provided under item (1) of this subsection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the approval process for each type of procurement provided under item (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, at the beginning of each fiscal year, each unit shall submit written policies and procedures to the Board for review as required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Units that are governed by their own board, commission, council, or authority shall submit their policies and procedures as required by subsections (a) and (b) of this section to their board, commission, council, or authority for approval.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
