# State Finance and Procurement (GSF)

## Title 17. Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions

### Subtitle 3. Steel Procurement for Public Works

#### Section 17-305

(a) Unless a public body is satisfied that a person has completed the work in full compliance with Sec.Sec. 17-303 and 17-304 of this subtitle, the public body may not pay or authorize a payment for work subject to Sec.Sec. 17-303 and 17-304 of this subtitle to a person under a contract.

(b) If a person receives a payment that should not have been made under subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General may recover the portion of the payment that is attributable to work that does not comply with Sec.Sec. 17-303 and 17-304 of this subtitle directly from the person who did not comply with Sec.Sec. 17-303 and 17-304 of this subtitle by filing a complaint in the circuit court for the county where the contract was executed or performed.

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