# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 16. Suspension and Debarment of Contractors

### Subtitle 1

#### Section 16-101

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Business" means an individual or a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other legal entity through which commercial activity is conducted.

(c) "Contract" means any agreement in any form.

(d) "Controlling stockholder" means a stockholder who:

  (1) owns more than 25% of the voting stock of a corporation; or

  (2) notwithstanding the number of shares that the stockholder owns, has the power to direct or control the direction of the management or policies of a corporation.

(e) "Convicted" includes an accepted plea of nolo contendere.

(f) "Public body" means:

  (1) the State;

  (2) a unit; or

  (3) a local governmental entity in the State, including a bicounty or multicounty governmental entity.

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Md. Code Ann., State Fin. & Proc. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)