<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-101" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="1"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Department” means the Department of Budget and Management.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Budget and Management.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-201" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <text>There is a Department of Budget and Management, established as a principal department of the State government.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-202" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <level label="a"> <text>The head of the Department is the Secretary of Budget and Management, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary must have experience in public finance, budgeting, management, and fiscal planning.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Before taking office, the appointee shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary serves at the pleasure of the Governor and is responsible directly to the Governor. The Secretary shall advise the Governor on all matters assigned to the Department and is responsible for carrying out the Governor’s policies on those matters.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for the operation of the Department and shall establish guidelines and procedures to promote the orderly and efficient administration of the Department. The Secretary may establish, reorganize, or abolish areas of responsibility in the Department as necessary to fulfill the duties assigned to the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for establishing policy to be followed by the units in the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Secretary is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-203" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint a Deputy Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Deputy Secretary:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is in the executive service of the State Personnel Management System and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>has the duties provided by law or delegated by the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary shall appoint 1 or more budget analysts.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The budget analysts shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continually conduct studies of all budget expenditures of units of the Executive Branch of the State government;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>make recommendations to the Secretary for greater efficiency and economy in those units; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>perform any other duties that the Secretary assigns.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may employ a staff in accordance with the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each assistant secretary and professional consultant is in the executive service, management service, or is a special appointment in the State Personnel Management System and is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Except as provided in this section or otherwise by law, the Secretary shall appoint and remove all other staff in accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The appointment or removal of staff of any unit in the Department is subject to the approval of the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-204" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for the budget of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations for the Department and its units.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary may create any citizens’ advisory body that the Secretary considers necessary for the operation of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary shall have a seal.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary is responsible for the comprehensive planning of programs and services of the Department.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall review the plans of the units in the Department and may approve or disapprove any of the plans.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-205" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <text>The Secretary or staff of the Secretary shall be subject to call by the Senate or the House of Delegates or any of their committees, to provide information that the Secretary has.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-206" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <level label="a"> <text>The Attorney General is legal adviser to the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>With the advice of the Secretary, the Attorney General shall assign at least 1 assistant Attorney General to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the request of the Governor, the Attorney General shall assign to the Department:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at least 1 assistant Attorney General; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any other assistant Attorneys General authorized by law to be assigned to the Department.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Attorney General shall designate 1 of the assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department as counsel to the Department. After the Attorney General designates the counsel to the Department, the Attorney General may not reassign the counsel without consulting the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The counsel may have no duty other than to give the legal aid, advice, and counsel required by the Secretary or any other official of the Department, to supervise the other assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Department and its Central Collection Unit, and to perform for the Department the duties that the Attorney General assigns. The counsel shall perform these duties subject to the control and supervision of the Attorney General.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Each assistant Attorney General who is assigned to the Central Collection Unit shall devote full time to the duties with that Unit and may have no other duties.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Secretary may contract with another attorney to handle on an agreed case by case basis a collection for the Central Collection Unit if it is not feasible for any of the assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Unit to handle the collection.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-207" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Solicited Proposals"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Historically black colleges and universities” means Bowie State University, Coppin State University, Morgan State University, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Interagency agreement” means an agreement between an agency or unit of the Executive Branch of State government and a public institution of higher education that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has a duration of 3 years or more;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>was in place during any part of the immediately preceding fiscal year; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>has a total value of more than $750,000.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>At least once every 3 years, the Department shall review each interagency agreement to determine:</text> <level label="1"> <text>whether the agreement is necessary and should continue;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>whether the services can be provided more cost effectively by the agency or unit or through a competitive procurement; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>whether the agreement is being utilized due to the agency’s or unit’s inability to recruit or retain positions and, if so, whether an annual salary review should be conducted to address recruitment or retention issues.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Department shall establish a cycle to review one–third of the interagency agreements each year.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, on or before December 1 each year, the Department shall report a summary of the findings of the review required under subsection (b) of this section to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the Department of Legislative Services, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In each report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall provide the following information:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the interagency agreements that will continue;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>services that will be competitively procured;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>services that will be provided by the agency or unit as a result of the review;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>services that have been or will be canceled as a result of the review; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>actions taken to address recruitment or retention issues identified as a result of the review.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In each report required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall provide information on interagency agreements with historically black colleges and universities, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the total percentage of interagency contracts with historically black colleges and universities, by agency or unit; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any recommendations for regulatory or statutory changes necessary to address barriers to interagency agreements with historically black colleges and universities.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-301" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Central Collection Unit in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>All employees and personnel of the Central Collection Unit shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>except for assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Central Collection Unit, be in the management service or special appointments in the State Personnel Management System who are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary and are not subject to Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>receive such compensation as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except for employees in the Executive Pay Plan and any assistant Attorneys General assigned to the Central Collection Unit, a management service or special appointment of the skilled service or the professional service employee of the Central Collection Unit may not be permanently removed except for cause and until written charges have been filed and a hearing has been conducted in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article. This paragraph does not apply to the removal of a management service or special appointment employee because of a layoff that resulted from:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a lack of work; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the lack of an appropriation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may establish a performance incentive program to provide pay incentives for employees of the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Pay incentives provided to employees under this subsection shall be paid from the Central Collection Fund established under § 3–306 of this subtitle as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Pay incentives may not be provided under this subsection if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Central Collection Unit sustains an operating loss for the fiscal year in which the pay incentives were earned; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>funds are not available in the Central Collection Fund to pay the incentives.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-302" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d) of this section, paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection, or in other law, the Central Collection Unit is responsible for the collection of each delinquent account or other debt that is owed to the State or any of its officials or units.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, an official or unit of the State government shall refer to the Central Collection Unit each debt for which the Central Collection Unit has collection responsibility under this subsection and may not settle the debt.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A public institution of higher education may not refer a delinquent student account or debt to the Central Collection Unit unless, in accordance with § 15–120 of the Education Article:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the delinquent account or debt has not been settled by the end of the late registration period of the semester after the student account became delinquent; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the student has not entered into or made timely payments to satisfy an installment payment plan.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>For the purposes of this subtitle, a community college or board of trustees for a community college established or operating under Title 16 of the Education Article is a unit of the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Unless, with the approval of the Secretary, a unit of the State government assigns the claim to the Central Collection Unit, the Central Collection Unit is not responsible for and may not collect:</text> <level label="1"> <text>any taxes;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>any child support payment that is owed under § 5–308 of the Human Services Article;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any unemployment insurance contribution or overpayment;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>any fine;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>any court costs;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>any forfeiture on bond;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>any money that is owed as a result of a default on a loan that the Department of Commerce or the Department of Housing and Community Development has made or insured;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>any money that is owed under Title 9, Subtitles 2, 3, and 4 and Title 20 of the Insurance Article;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>any money that is owed for unpaid video tolls and associated civil penalties under § 21–1414 of the Transportation Article under a delinquent account associated with a person residing outside the State; or</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>any money that is owed under a delinquent account for unpaid video tolls and associated civil penalties and is recalled by the Maryland Transportation Authority under § 21–1414(h) of the Transportation Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Central Collection Unit shall be responsible for the collection of each delinquent account or other debt that is owed to a community college established or operating under Title 16 of the Education Article if the board of trustees for the community college:</text> <level label="1"> <text>adopts a resolution appointing the Central Collection Unit as the collector of delinquent accounts or other debt; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>submits the resolution to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Central Collection Unit may collect delinquent federal funds determined under § 10–208 of this article in an amount up to the total of delinquent federal funds owed to the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-303" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations that relate to collections under this subtitle, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>procedures for referral of a debt or claim;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the information that supports the debt or claim; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the rate of fees to be charged under § 3-304 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-304" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>In carrying out its responsibilities, the Central Collection Unit may:</text> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>institute, in its name, any action that is available under State law for collection of a debt or claim; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>without suit, settle the debt or claim;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for all debts or claims collected on or after June 1, 1992:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in addition to the outstanding principal and interest, assess and collect from the debtor a fee, which may not exceed 20% of the outstanding principal and interest, sufficient to cover all collection and administrative costs; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>prior to crediting any amount to any agency which refers a debt for any purpose, withhold a fee sufficient to cover all collection and administrative costs;</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>waive or reduce any fee assessed under paragraph (2) of this subsection;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>certify a debt or claim and the debtor responsible for the debt or claim to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Comptroller for income tax refund interception in accordance with Title 13, Subtitle 9 of the Tax – General Article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency for State lottery prize interception in accordance with § 3–307 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a video lottery operator, as defined in § 9–1A–01 of the State Government Article, for prize interception in accordance with § 3–308 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if the Board of Public Works determines the federal government to be delinquent in federal funds owed to the State under § 10–208 of this article, in consultation with the Attorney General:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect federal funds owed to the State;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>place liens on federal property in the State; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>direct the Comptroller to withhold payments to the federal government as provided under § 4–115 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In addition to the authority provided under subsection (a) of this section, and notwithstanding that the Central Collection Unit is a unit of the State government and that assistant Attorneys General represent the Unit, the Unit may enforce a statutory or written contractual obligation of a debtor to pay costs in addition to principal, including collection costs, counsel fees, or interest penalties.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Central Collection Unit may report any account referred to it under this section to a consumer reporting agency.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Notwithstanding the provisions of § 9–602 of the Criminal Law Article, and subject to paragraphs (2) through (5) of this subsection, the Central Collection Unit may manage the monitoring and recording of incoming telephone calls:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to the automated call distribution system; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for training and quality control purposes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Any monitored or recorded telephone call shall contain a notice to the telephone caller that “Your call may be recorded or monitored for training and quality control purposes”.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Central Collection Unit may not record or monitor calls to or from a direct individual line of an employee of the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The recording of an incoming telephone call to an employee of the Central Collection Unit may not be offered as evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding against any caller unless:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the caller has made a personal or imminent threat against an employee or property of the State; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the caller or caller’s representative first introduces the contents or existence of the recorded telephone call in the criminal or civil proceeding.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A recording of a telephone call may not be retained by the Central Collection Unit for longer than 60 days, unless the recording is being used or is to be used:</text> <level label="i"> <text>for training or quality control purposes; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in a criminal or civil proceeding under paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-305" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Central Collection Unit shall pay the net proceeds of collections into the State Treasury.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the funds of a unit of the State government are not part of the State Treasury, the Central Collection Unit shall deliver to the Treasurer the net proceeds of collection on a debt or claim that was due to the unit of the State government for its account.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>All fees collected under § 3-304(a)(2) of this subtitle shall be credited to the Central Collection Fund established under § 3-306 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Central Collection Unit shall deliver the net proceeds of collections from defendants or liable parents in arrears on restitution payments to the Division of Parole and Probation or the Department of Juvenile Services to be forwarded by the Division or Department to the victim or other appropriate person or agency in accordance with the judgment of restitution.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-306" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Central Collection Fund.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Central Collection Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Fund shall consist of all fees collected under § 3–304(a)(2) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Subject to the appropriation process in the State budget and subject to subsection (h) of this section, the Department shall use the Fund for the expenses of operating the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The State Treasurer shall hold and the State Comptroller shall account for the Fund.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The Fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other State funds.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>Investment earnings accrue to the benefit of the Fund.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>For any fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2010, any balance in the Fund at the end of the fiscal year in excess of 15% of the actual expenses of operating the Central Collection Unit for that fiscal year reverts to the General Fund of the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-307" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>Certification of a debt or claim owed to the State that the Central Collection Unit sends to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency under § 3–304(a)(4) of this subtitle shall contain:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the full name of the debtor and any other name known to be used by the debtor;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Social Security number of the debtor; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the amount of the debt.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a debtor wins a lottery prize to be paid directly by the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency shall notify the debtor that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the debtor has won a prize to be paid by the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency has received notice from the Central Collection Unit of the debtor’s debt or claim owed to the State in the specified amount;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>State law requires the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to withhold the prize and to pay it towards the debtor’s debt or claim;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the debtor may appeal to the Central Collection Unit if the debtor disputes the existence or the amount of the debt or claim; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the amount of the debt or claim to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency shall withhold all or part of the prize up to the amount of the debt or claim owed to the State until the Central Collection Unit notifies the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to whom the withheld prize money is to be paid.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency shall honor lottery prize interception requests in the following order:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an interception request under § 10–113.1 of the Family Law Article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an interception request under § 11–618 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an interception request under this section; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an interception request under § 3–308 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>On receipt of a notice from the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, a debtor who disputes the existence or amount of the debt or claim may appeal the proposed transfer in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency shall transfer the amount of the prize withheld to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the debtor appeals the proposed transfer, after a hearing the Central Collection Unit shall notify the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency that the withheld prize shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>paid to the debtor;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>transferred to the Central Collection Unit; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>in specified amounts, partly paid to the debtor and partly transferred to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Secretary and the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency may jointly adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-308" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="3"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “video lottery operator” has the meaning stated in § 9–1A–01 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Certification of a debt or claim owed to the State that the Central Collection Unit sends to the video lottery operator under § 3–304(a)(4) of this subtitle shall contain:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the full name of the debtor and any other name known to be used by the debtor;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Social Security number of the debtor; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the amount of the debt.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If a debtor wins a prize to be paid directly by a video lottery operator requiring the issuance of Internal Revenue Service form W–2G or a substantially equivalent form by the video lottery operator, the video lottery operator shall notify the debtor that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the debtor has won a prize to be paid by the video lottery operator;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the video lottery operator has received notice from the Central Collection Unit of the debtor’s debt or claim owed to the State in the specified amount;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>State law requires the video lottery operator to withhold the prize and to pay it toward the debtor’s debt or claim;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the debtor may appeal to the Central Collection Unit if the debtor disputes the existence or the amount of the debt or claim; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the video lottery operator will transfer the prize or the part of the prize that equals the amount of the debt or claim to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The video lottery operator shall withhold all or part of the prize up to the amount of the debt or claim owed to the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The video lottery operator shall honor prize interception requests in the following order:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an interception request under § 10–113.1 of the Family Law Article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an interception request under § 11–618 of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an interception request under § 3–307 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an interception request under this section.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>On receipt of a notice from the video lottery operator, a debtor who disputes the existence or amount of the debt or claim may appeal the proposed transfer in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If an appeal is not filed within 15 days after the date of the notice, the video lottery operator shall transfer the amount of the prize withheld to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the debtor appeals the proposed transfer, after a hearing held in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article, the Central Collection Unit shall notify the video lottery operator that the withheld prize shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>paid to the debtor;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>transferred to the Central Collection Unit; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>in specified amounts, partly paid to the debtor and partly transferred to the Central Collection Unit.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The Secretary and the Director of the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency may jointly adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-501" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="5"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to the purchase, lease, or rental of motor vehicles by the University College of the University of Maryland for use in University College overseas programs or by the Maryland Port Administration.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-502" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <text>Consistent with Division II of this article, the Secretary shall approve and submit to the Board of Public Works for concurrence:</text> <level label="1"> <text>standards for purchase by the Department of General Services of motor vehicles for State use; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>all leases or rentals of motor vehicles for use by officials or employees of any unit of the Executive Branch of the State government, other than any individual motor vehicle lease or rental made under the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>As far as practicable and feasible, the standards for purchase of motor vehicles shall be based on the lowest possible life cycle cost.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The purchase of State-owned motor vehicles for any unit of the Executive Branch of the State government shall be reviewed and approved by the Secretary before the purchase to ensure compliance with this section and § 3-503 of this subtitle and any implementing regulations.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-503" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="5"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>To ensure economical and efficient use of motor vehicles by units of the Executive Branch of the State government, the Secretary shall adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The regulations adopted under this section shall apply to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>all phases of the use and maintenance of State-owned motor vehicles; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the reimbursement of owners of privately owned motor vehicles.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The regulations shall be directed to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>requiring the effective, efficient, and inexpensive use of all motor vehicles; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>compiling and maintaining accurate and detailed cost accounting records for all use of motor vehicles.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The regulations shall provide that, unless the Secretary determines on the basis of published criteria that the use of a State-owned motor vehicle is required for the efficient operation of a State program regardless of miles traveled, State-owned motor vehicles shall be allocated to those State employees accumulating the greatest mileage for official use.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Consistent with this section, the Secretary may reassign State-owned motor vehicles between or among units of the Executive Branch of the State government if federally funded programs are substantially reduced or discontinued.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the Secretary shall submit to the General Assembly an annual report that includes, in detail:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the text of any regulations that have been adopted under this section and are currently in effect; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a statement of any problems involved in ensuring compliance with this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-401" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <text>In this subtitle, “Unit” means the Audit and Finance Compliance Unit.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-402" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <text>There is an Audit and Finance Compliance Unit in the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-403" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>In accordance with § 2–1224(h)(1) of the State Government Article, the Governor shall implement systems and processes to monitor the efforts of the Executive Departmental Units to correct audit findings reported by the Office of Legislative Audits.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Unit is responsible for monitoring the efforts of Executive Departmental Units in correcting audit findings reported by the Office of Legislative Audits in accordance with Title 2, Subtitle 12, Part IV of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-404" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>In carrying out its responsibilities, the Unit shall assist Executive Departmental Units with the resolution of audit findings by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>providing objective assessment of corrective actions; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>monitoring progress in the implementation of corrective actions.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Unit may provide guidance, coordination, and technical assistance to Executive Departmental Units to strengthen efforts to address and prevent audit findings and to strengthen internal controls and compliance practices.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-405" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>The Unit shall provide direct assistance to Executive Departmental Units with:</text> <level label="1"> <text>four or more repeat audit findings; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>unsatisfactory audits.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The direct assistance provided under subsection (a) of this section shall include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>as soon as practicable, a review of the timeline developed by the Executive Departmental Unit for the implementation of corrective actions for each recommendation to ensure that the timeline has achievable completion dates;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a review of resolution actions on each finding with a focus on repeat and significant findings to provide advice and support in assisting with the development of corrective actions;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>performing sample tests of implemented corrective actions, as needed; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>monitoring progress of the implementation of corrective actions until the legislative auditors return to begin the next related fiscal compliance audit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Unit shall establish a specialized team to provide the direct assistance required under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The specialized team established in paragraph (1) of this subsection may include current State employees, current contractual employees, and external contractors.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-406" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <level label="a"> <text>On or before October 1 each year, the Unit shall submit an annual report to the Joint Audit and Evaluation Committee, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, on all audit findings for Executive Departmental Units under examination.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The report shall include the following information for each finding:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the recommendations of the Office of Legislative Audits;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the number of years that a repeat finding remains unresolved;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the projected completion date for resolution of a finding;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>information on unresolved findings, including the reason a finding is unresolved; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the progress of corrective actions that includes whether the finding is unresolved, in progress, or resolved.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-407" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="4"> <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-601" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>To establish relative priorities and avoid duplication and conflicts, the Department shall advise the Governor on the means and methods available to coordinate the capital plans and capital programs of all units of the State government. Upon request of the General Assembly, the Department shall provide assistance to the General Assembly in the development and coordination of capital plans and capital programs for the Legislative Branch of State government.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>To avoid duplication and conflicts, the Department shall advise the Governor on the means and methods available to coordinate the capital plans and capital programs of federal, State, regional, and local governments.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-602" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall study each capital project proposed by any unit of the State government.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except for a capital project designated as an emergency by the unit of the State government proposing the project, any unit of the State government requesting a capital project shall submit its request to the Department on or before June 30 of the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the capital project is to begin.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each request for a capital project by a unit of the State government, including the University System of Maryland, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and Morgan State University, shall include a detailed list of all proposed expenditures for capital improvements to be funded from grants or nonbudgeted revenues.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Before an appropriation may be authorized for preliminary planning of a proposed capital project:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the unit of the State government requesting the appropriation shall submit to the Department a program describing, in detail, the scope and purpose of the project; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Secretary must approve the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Before an appropriation may be authorized for construction of a proposed capital project:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the unit of State government requesting the appropriation shall submit to the Departments of Budget and Management and General Services a detailed design program, which shall include all information required by the Departments; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>both the Secretary and the Secretary of General Services must approve the detailed design program.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Except with the approval of the Secretary and the Secretary of General Services, no change may be made in any proposed capital project after the preliminary plan for that project has been completed and approved.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies only to capital projects that involve construction of permanent or long-time duration.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>When the request for an appropriation for a capital project is submitted to the General Assembly, the unit of the State government that would receive the capital project or a State officer on behalf of the unit shall submit to the General Assembly:</text> <level label="i"> <text>preliminary plans and outline specifications for the project that show the size, the type of construction, and the arrangement of each building; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a statement on the sufficiency of the proposed appropriation to pay fully for the costs of that project.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>Total project funding may utilize alternative construction methods, such as:</text> <level label="1"> <text>design/build which involves a single solicitation to design and build the facility; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“fast track” in which design and construction are implemented concurrently.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>A request for total project funding may be authorized jointly by the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services if:</text> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>the planning, design, construction, and equipment funds for the project have been authorized and itemized in the State budget bill or a supplementary appropriation bill; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Secretaries make a determination, supported in writing and submitted to the Legislative Policy Committee of the General Assembly and the Board of Public Works, that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>total project funding is time critical and will result in significant cost savings;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>there is compelling reason why the procedure required in this paragraph cannot be adopted; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>circumstances necessitate that consideration of the total project funding occur during the legislative interim, rather than during the legislative session; and</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>the total project funding request has been submitted to the Legislative Policy Committee for its review and comment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>written comment from the Legislative Policy Committee has been received or 45 days have elapsed after the Legislative Policy Committee has received the request and all supporting information; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the request has been approved by the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>The submissions and approvals required by subsections (b) through (h) of this section are not required in connection with any capital project funded by the Transportation Trust Fund.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Total project funding” means the funding for the planning, design, construction, and equipment of a capital project through a single appropriation or authorization or through a proposed capital lease.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Capital lease” means any lease, defined as a capital lease in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, that is used to finance the acquisition, purchase, construction, and any related renovation or alteration of real property that is the subject of a capital project.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-602.1" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“High performance building” means a building that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>meets or exceeds the current version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System Silver rating;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>achieves at least a comparable numeric rating according to a nationally recognized, accepted, and appropriate numeric sustainable development rating system, guideline, or standard approved by the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>complies with a nationally recognized and accepted green building code, guideline, or standard reviewed and recommended by the Maryland Green Building Council and approved by the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Major renovation” means the renovation of a building where:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the building shell is to be reused for the new construction;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical, and plumbing systems are to be replaced; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the scope of the renovation is 7,500 square feet or greater.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that, to the extent practicable:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the State shall employ green building technologies when constructing or renovating a State building not subject to this section; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>high performance buildings shall meet the criteria and standards established under the “High Performance Green Building Program” adopted by the Maryland Green Building Council.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>capital projects that are funded solely with State funds; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>community college capital projects that receive State funds.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section, if a capital project includes the construction or major renovation of a building that is 7,500 square feet or greater, the building shall be constructed or renovated to be a high performance building.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The following types of unoccupied buildings are not required to be constructed or renovated to be high performance buildings:</text> <level label="1"> <text>warehouse and storage facilities;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>garages;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>maintenance facilities;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>transmitter buildings;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>pumping stations; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>other similar types of buildings, as determined by the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department of Budget and Management and the Department of General Services shall jointly establish a process to allow a unit of State government or a community college to obtain a waiver from complying with subsection (c) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The waiver process shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>include a review by the Maryland Green Building Council established under § 4–809 of this article, to determine if the use of a high performance building in a proposed capital project is not practicable; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>require the approval of a waiver by the Secretaries of Budget and Management, General Services, and Transportation.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-602.2" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Commission” means the Maryland Commission on Public Art established under Title 4, Subtitle 6 of the Economic Development Article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Construction project” means the construction of a new building that is proposed to contain 15,000 or more square feet.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Council” means the Maryland State Arts Council established under Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Economic Development Article.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>“Division” means the Division of Tourism, Film, and the Arts established under Title 4, Subtitle 1 of the Economic Development Article.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>“Major renovation project” means the renovation of an existing building where:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the building is to be reconstructed and reused after the construction;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, electrical, and plumbing systems are to be replaced; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the scope of the renovation is 15,000 or more square feet.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <level label="i"> <text>“Public art” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an architectural enhancement of artistic significance; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an individual piece of art.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Public art” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a mural;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a tile mosaic;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a painting; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a sculpture.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>This section applies to capital projects that are:</text> <level label="i"> <text>funded entirely with State funds; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <level label="1"> <text>funded with a combination of at least 50% of State funds and the remainder from funds from private entities; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>not funded in the annual State capital budget as:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>a miscellaneous grant program;</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>a local House of Delegates initiative; or</text> </level> <level label="C"> <text>a local Senate initiative.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This section does not apply to the following types of unoccupied buildings:</text> <level label="i"> <text>warehouse and storage facilities;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>garages;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>maintenance facilities;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>transmitter buildings;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>pumping stations; and</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>other similar buildings, as determined by the Department.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that the requirements of this section will not increase the cost of a construction project or a major renovation project.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>To the extent practicable and except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, the State shall include public art in all construction projects and major renovation projects.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>During the initial design of each construction project and major renovation project, the identification and selection of public art to be included in the project shall be determined by a group composed of representatives of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the unit of State government that will be the primary user of the building;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the unit of State government responsible for project management of the building; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Division.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The Division shall work with the Council and the Commission in the selection of public art for any project under this section.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department of Budget and Management and the Department of General Services shall jointly establish a process to allow a unit of State government to obtain a waiver from complying with this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The waiver process shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>provide for consultation with the Division, on behalf of the Council and the Commission, to determine if the inclusion of public art in a proposed project is too costly or not practicable; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>require the approval of the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-603" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall prepare, revise, and keep current a 5-year capital program.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The capital program shall include all capital projects of the State whether funded by bond authorizations, operating budget funds, or capital leases.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The capital program shall be consistent with the annual recommendations of the Capital Debt Affordability Committee.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Except for the first year of the program, the capital program may not include General Fund capital appropriations as a source of funding other than for projects or programs that are ineligible for tax-exempt debt financing.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-604" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <text>The capital program:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shall include State public works and major capital improvement projects undertaken or recommended to be undertaken by the State; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may include major projects undertaken or recommended to be undertaken with State aid or under State regulation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-605" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <text>The capital program shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>classify projects according to their necessity and urgency;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>recommend a time sequence for the projects; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>include the following information about each project:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the contract price or an estimate of the cost of acquisition or construction;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an estimate of the operating and maintenance costs;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an estimate of the number of additional State positions that will be required as a result of the project;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an estimate of revenues likely to be received from the project; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>existing sources of funds or the need for additional sources of funds for construction, acquisition, and operation.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-606" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <text>As far as possible, the capital program shall be based on existing information in the possession of the Department of Budget and Management, and other units of the State government.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-607" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <text>The Department of Budget and Management may require the head of any unit of the State government to give information necessary for the preparation of the capital program.</text> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-608" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>In the annual budget the Governor shall provide a sum sufficient to establish a Revolving Preliminary Planning Fund under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>On the recommendation of the Department, the Board of Public Works may authorize money to be advanced from the Revolving Preliminary Planning Fund for preliminary plans, studies, designs, and outline specifications for any project that is part of the capital improvement program.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Any money advanced from the Revolving Preliminary Planning Fund shall be reimbursed to the Fund:</text> <level label="1"> <text>from general funds; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>with the approval of the Board of Public Works, from:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the annual general construction loan; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any other special loan funds separately authorized by the General Assembly.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-609" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>There is a Construction Contingency Fund.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing, revolving fund that consists of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>money appropriated to the Fund:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in the annual budget; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in an annual General Construction Loan Act or in a Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan Act;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>unspent proceeds of an enabling act allocated to the Fund by the Governor under § 8–129 of this article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the amount of an appropriation in an annual General Construction Loan Act or in a Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan Act that is in excess of the amount needed for a project included in the Act and that is allocated to the Fund by the Governor.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>An appropriation or allocation to the Fund may not be made if it would cause the total balance in the Fund to exceed 1.25% of the capital debt affordability limit, determined under Title 8 of this article, for that year.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>With the advice and assistance of the Departments of Budget and Management and General Services, the Fund shall be administered by the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>With the approval of the Governor, the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services may request the Board of Public Works to authorize an expenditure from the Fund to supplement any capital appropriation or to conduct value engineering on a project:</text> <level label="1"> <text>that is for a capital project to be owned by the State or a unit of the State government;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>that was contained in a capital appropriation of an annual budget, in an annual general construction loan, or in an annual Maryland consolidated capital bond loan; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>that is insufficient in amount to permit the initial award of a contract for the project to the bidder or offeror selected in accordance with applicable State law, or to cover change orders during construction of the project which do not increase the scope of the project;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if, in the belief of the Department of General Services or at the request of the budget committees, the project cost could be reduced or quality improved through the use of value engineering; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>that includes price adjustments for material price fluctuations of identified eligible project–specific materials.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services shall evaluate any project for additional funding and certify in writing that the project meets the criteria in subsection (e) of this section and that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>all reasonable attempts to reduce the cost of the project have been made;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>no practicable alternative exists for securing funding to complete the project; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the requested additional funding does not increase the scope of the project.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>Prior to seeking approval from the Board of Public Works, the Department of General Services and the Department of Budget and Management shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>provide written notice to the budget committees on the planned use of the funds; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>allow 45 days for review and comment by the budget committees.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each time an expenditure from the Fund is authorized by the Board of Public Works, the amount specified by the Board of Public Works may be transferred from the account to the appropriate annuity bond account to supplement the specified authorization.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>Within 1 month after the end of each year, the Secretaries of Budget and Management and General Services shall submit a report on activity from January 1 through December 31 of that year, subject to § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly on the money:</text> <level label="1"> <text>appropriated to the Fund;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>authorized for expenditure from the Fund; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>expended from the Fund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>Money in the Fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-610" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Communityprogram Fund"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “Department” means the Department of General Services.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies to a capital project that receives at least $3,000,000 in State funds in a single fiscal year and is funded in the annual State capital budget as:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a miscellaneous grant program;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a local House of Delegates initiative; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a local Senate initiative.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Prior to the release of State funds for a capital project that meets the conditions of subsection (b) of this section, the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>review the capital project for subcontracting opportunities under the provisions of Title 14, Subtitle 3 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if practicable, establish minority business enterprise subgoals for the capital project.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In setting subgoals under this subsection, the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall consider the availability and capacity of minority business enterprises in Maryland and in the county where the project is located to fulfill the subgoal.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>If the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs establishes minority business enterprise subgoals for the capital project, the recipient of the State funds shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>certify to the Department that the recipient expects to achieve the subgoals; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>request a waiver of all or part of the subgoals from the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs shall review a request for a waiver under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection and report the revised subgoals for the capital project to the Department.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>On or before July 31 each year, the Department shall submit an annual report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the number of waivers granted for capital projects that meet the conditions of subsection (b) of this section in the prior fiscal year.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The report shall include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a description of the capital project;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>whether the waiver was a partial or full waiver; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the justification for the waiver.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-1001" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="10"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Agency” means an entity of the Executive Branch of State government.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Goal” means a broad statement that describes the desired long–term results toward which an agency directs its efforts. Goals support, clarify, and provide direction to the agency’s mission and assist in the application of State resources toward implementation of the managing for results State comprehensive plan.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Managing for results” means a planning, performance measurement, and budgeting process that emphasizes use of resources to achieve measurable results, accountability, efficiency, and continuous improvement in State government programs.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Mission” means the purpose for an agency’s existence and includes a description of what an agency does and for whom it does it.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Objective” means a specific and measurable short–term target for achievement of an agency’s goals and includes a description of the desired results and a target date for accomplishment.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>“Performance measure” means a quantitative or qualitative indicator used to assess whether an agency is meeting its goals and objectives.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Performance measure” includes the following:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an efficiency measure that quantifies the relationship between measures of the inputs used to produce goods or services and the measures of the outputs of these activities;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an input measure that quantifies the amount of resources used to provide goods and services;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an outcome measure that quantifies the results an agency achieves or the benefits citizens receive from an agency’s activities;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an output measure that quantifies the amount of goods and services produced by the agency; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a quality measure that quantifies or describes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the effectiveness of the agency in meeting agency objectives;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>aspects of the satisfaction that customers may or may not have with State goods or services; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>how State goods or services compare to some external or internal standard.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“State comprehensive plan” means a statement of goals which serve as a broad directive for improving or making more cost effective State resources and services. The plan shall include no more than 10 statewide goals and 50 to 100 performance measures that describe the statewide progress towards its goals.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“StateStat” means the accountability process described in § 3–1003(b) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Strategic plan” means a statement of direction implemented by an agency to carry out its mission.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-1002" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="10"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department shall review and update as necessary:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the goals developed in the managing for results State comprehensive plan; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the plan’s objectives and performance measures.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, on or before July 1 of each year an agency, in conjunction with the Department, shall select no more than six agency goals that are:</text> <level label="1"> <text>compatible with the managing for results State comprehensive plan; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>consistent with the agency’s mission if the goals identified in the managing for results State comprehensive plan do not apply to the agency.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, with its annual budget submission to the Department, an agency shall develop and submit to the Department as part of the budget process a managing for results agency strategic plan that shall include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a mission statement;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a description of the agency’s goals;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a description of the objectives and performance measures implemented at the program level to achieve the agency’s goals, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>performance measure statistics for at least the 2 most recently completed fiscal years; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>performance measure estimates for the current year appropriation and budget request year;</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a discussion of the agency’s progress in meeting its goals and performance measures and any challenges the agency has faced in working toward its goals;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a description of the internal controls established to ensure reliability of the data collected for each performance measure; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>an identification of the customers and stakeholders served.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>An agency subject to this subtitle shall maintain documentation of the internal controls established to evaluate performance measures that shall be subject to review by the State, including the Office of Legislative Audits.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department shall provide a report to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and House Appropriations Committee in January of each year on the contents of the State comprehensive plan and the State’s progress toward the goals outlined in the plan.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The report shall include details on each agency’s progress.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and House Appropriations Committee may hold hearings after receiving the report.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The first report shall be submitted on or before January 31, 2005 and shall include a presentation of the first managing for results State comprehensive plan.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="3-1003" title_number="3" title_name="Budget and Management" subtitle_number="10"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary shall review the strategic plans and the State comprehensive plan and may recommend appropriate changes to agency budgets.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>There is a StateStat process that is managed by the Executive Branch.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>StateStat is an accountability process that involves:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the adoption of a strategic plan and the establishment of goals by an agency;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the adoption of a comprehensive set of performance and citizen satisfaction measurements by an agency;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>regular and frequent:</text> <level label="1"> <text>submission of timely and accurate data by an agency;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>review and analysis of submitted data; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>accountability meetings to assess an agency’s performance;</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>continuous review of the strategies and tactics used by an agency to meet the goals of the agency; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>continuous assessment of the progress of an agency towards meeting the goals of the agency.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Governor may require an agency to participate in the StateStat process to help facilitate and accelerate the achievement of managing for results goals and objectives.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Each agency that participates in the StateStat process shall submit a strategic plan and performance measurement report to the Secretary as part of its annual budget submission.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The report submitted by each agency that participates in the StateStat process shall contain the information required in § 3–1002(c) of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </section>