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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="8-304" title_number="8" title_name="Debt" subtitle_number="3">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Convention facility” has the meaning stated in § 10–601 of the Economic Development Article.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Institution of higher education” has the meaning stated in § 10–101 of the Education Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to a convention facility and a facility at an institution of higher education that receives State capital funding totaling at least $2,000,000 in the operating or capital budget bills in the prior fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Subject to subsection (d) of this section, on or before October 1 each year, the entity responsible for facilities maintenance for a facility specified in subsection (b) of this section shall submit a report in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and the House Appropriations Committee on the entity’s deferred maintenance plan.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The report required under subsection (c) of this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the dollar amount that the entity spends per square foot on deferred maintenance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the total dollar value of the backlog for deferred maintenance;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the process for facility condition assessment, including the process for rating and assessing deferred maintenance projects;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the number of staff hours devoted to inspecting and analyzing the need for facility repair and maintenance; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the entity’s plan to address all deferred maintenance projects.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
