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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="4-415" title_number="4" title_name="Department of General Services" subtitle_number="4">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to any capital expenditures by the Department of Transportation or the Maryland Transportation Authority in connection with State roads, bridges, or highways.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before execution, a contract for the acquisition of land shall be:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>reviewed by the Secretary of General Services; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except as provided in § 12-204 of this article, after that review, approved by the Board of Public Works.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to any capital expenditure by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Maryland Aviation Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Maryland Port Administration; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Maryland Transit Administration.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At least 40 days before the Board of Public Works may act on a land acquisition, the Division shall give written notice of a potential acquisition of land:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to the governing body of the county in which the land is located; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>if the land is located within a municipal corporation, to the governing body of the municipal corporation.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Within 30 days after receiving notice under this subsection, the governing body may submit written comments to the Division.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board of Public Works shall supervise the expenditure of any money that the General Assembly appropriates for the acquisition of land.</text>
  </level>
</section>
