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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="15-222" title_number="15" title_name="Procurement Contract Administration and Dispute Resolution" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Dispute Resolution">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Notwithstanding any provision of a procurement contract, the Appeals Board may award interest on money that the Appeals Board determines to be due to the unit or the contractor under a contract claim.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, interest may accrue from a day that the Appeals Board determines to be fair and reasonable after hearing all the facts until the day of the decision by the Appeals Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Interest may not accrue before the procurement officer receives a contract claim from the unit or the contractor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an award under a decision by the Appeals Board shall accrue interest until the day on which the award is paid.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an award is reduced as a result of a judicial review of the decision of the Appeals Board, interest shall be paid only on the reduced award.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The rate of interest under this section shall be the rate of interest on judgments as provided under § 11-107(a) of the Courts Article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
