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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-707" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Certified Local Farm and Fish Program">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall develop and maintain a directory of all certified local farms and certified Chesapeake invasive species providers.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The directory shall be accessible to the public on the Department’s website.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall include the following information for each certified local farm and certified Chesapeake invasive species provider included in the directory:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>all contract information available to the Department for the certified local farm or certified Chesapeake invasive species provider;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the certification number of the certified local farm or certified Chesapeake invasive species provider; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>any other information the Department considers necessary or appropriate to encourage participation in the procurement process by local farms and Chesapeake invasive species providers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Department shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>update the directory at least once a year; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>identify as recently certified in the directory each local farm and Chesapeake invasive species provider that has obtained certification during the calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
