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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="12-508" title_number="12" title_name="Organization and Supervision of State Procurement" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Disclosure Requirements Regarding Involvement in Deportations">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Archivist shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>approve an archivist and historian to conduct the initial analysis required under § 12–506(b) of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>within 14 days after receiving the initial report submitted in accordance with § 12–506(b) of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>review the report and determine whether, in the professional opinion of the State Archivist, the report is consistent with the standards of the Society of American Archivists and the Council of State Archivists; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>approve an archivist and historian that will ensure that the process of assembling the records is completed in a manner consistent with:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the initial report; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the standards of the Society of American Archivists and the Council of State Archivists;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>as needed, provide guidance for and oversight of the process of assembling the records;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>after receiving from an entity the information required under § 12–507 of this subtitle, determine whether, in the professional opinion of the State Archivist:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the process of assembling the records is complete;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the process of assembling the records was completed in a manner consistent with:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the initial report submitted in accordance with § 12–506(b) of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the standards of the Society of American Archivists and the Council of State Archivists; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the information submitted under § 12–507 of this subtitle is as complete and accurate as possible; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>provide written notice of the determination made under item (4) of this subsection to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the entity; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the State Archivist determines that the entity met the requirements set forth in item (4)(i), (ii), and (iii) of this subsection, to the unit of State or local government awarding the procurement contract to provide MARC service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The State Archivist may use a designee to carry out any provision of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
