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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-304" title_number="17" title_name="Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Steel Procurement for Public Works">
  <text>The Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article, stating that a bid or offered price of an American steel product shall be considered reasonable if it does not exceed the sum of the bid or offered price of a similar steel product of foreign origin, including duty, plus:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>20% of that bid or offered price; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>30% of that bid or offered price if the steel product is produced in a “substantial labor surplus area” as defined by the United States Department of Labor.</text>
  </level>
</section>
