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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="19-104" title_number="19" title_name="Commercial Nondiscrimination Policy" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>As a condition of participating in an economic development project, the State shall require the governmental entity, quasi-governmental entity, corporation, developer, or contractor that receives assistance from the State to comply with this title:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>in administering the economic development project; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in awarding contracts to manage or perform the work entailed in the economic development project.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each contract and subcontract awarded in connection with an economic development project shall contain the nondiscrimination clause set forth in § 19-115 of this title.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any claim of discrimination relating to the economic development project shall be subject to investigation and adjudication by the State in accordance with this title.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This title does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>other than a lease of real estate for the State’s use, any real property acquisition by the State, including property subject to condemnation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>settlement of litigation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>except for proceedings to enforce this title, settlement of judicial or administrative enforcement proceedings by or on behalf of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>agreements concerning standards for locating facilities in a State right-of-way when a business entity has a statutory right to be in the right-of-way.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
