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<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>
