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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-505" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Small Business Reserve Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 60 days after the enactment of the budget bill by the General Assembly, each unit shall submit a report to the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs that complies with the reporting requirements set forth in COMAR 21.11.01.06.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, each unit shall submit a report to the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs that complies with the requirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the preceding fiscal year, the report shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>state the total number and the dollar value of awards the unit made to small businesses under designated small business reserve contracts;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>state the total number and the dollar value of awards the unit made to small businesses under nondesignated small business reserve contracts, including purchase card procurements;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>state the total dollar value of awards the unit made under procurement contracts; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>contain other such information as required by the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except for the quarter in which a unit is submitting an annual report under this section, each unit shall report quarterly to the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Small Business Reserve annual designated and nondesignated achievement awards under subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other information requested by the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs related to contracts governed by this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report required under this subsection may be prepared in conjunction with the annual report required under § 9–4120 of the State Government Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>On or before the 5th day of a regular legislative session of each year, the Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall submit to the Board of Public Works and, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Legislative Policy Committee a report summarizing the information the Office receives under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
