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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="16-101" title_number="16" title_name="Suspension and Debarment of Contractors" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Business” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, joint venture, or other legal entity through which commercial activity is conducted.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Contract” means any agreement in any form.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Controlling stockholder” means a stockholder who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>owns more than 25% of the voting stock of a corporation; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Convicted” includes an accepted plea of nolo contendere.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Public body” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a unit; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a local governmental entity in the State, including a bicounty or multicounty governmental entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
