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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="14-802" title_number="14" title_name="Preferences" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Employee Stock Ownership Plan Preference Program">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subtitle applies to a covered procurement made by a unit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A contractor awarded a covered procurement with an estimated total dollar value of $1,000,000 or more shall utilize a registered apprenticeship program or an eligible internship program.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Chief Procurement Officer, in consultation with the Secretary and, for contracts subject to Title 3.5 of this article, the Secretary of Information Technology:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall adopt regulations establishing the definition of “covered procurement”; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may adopt:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>regulations to improve the recruitment or skills of employees of vendors; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>other regulations necessary to carry out this subtitle, including waiver processes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
