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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-705" title_number="17" title_name="Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Investment Activities in Iran">
  <text>** CONTINGENCY – IN EFFECT – CHAPTERS 446 AND 447 OF 2012 **</text>
  <level label="a">
    <text>On or after January 1, 2013, a public body shall require a person that submits a bid or proposal to the public body for a contract for goods or services, or otherwise proposes to enter into or renew a contract for goods or services with the public body, to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>certify at the time the bid is submitted or the contract is renewed that the person:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is not identified on the list created by the Board as a person engaging in investment activities in Iran as described in § 17–702 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is not engaging in investment activities in Iran as described in § 17–702 of this subtitle; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>if the person is unable to make the certification under item (1) of this subsection, provide the public body, under penalty of perjury, a detailed description of the person’s investment activities in Iran.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A public body shall submit any information provided to the public body under subsection (a)(2) of this section to the Board.</text>
  </level>
</section>
