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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 14.27.03.02" title_num="14" subtitle_num="27" chapter_num="03" heading="Scope.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>This chapter does not apply to the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Reimbursement contracts for which user eligibility and cost are set by law or by rules and regulations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Collective bargaining agreements with employee organizations (labor contracts);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Acquisition of real property or a permanent or temporary interest in real property;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Contracts with a State agency or a municipality;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Disposal of real or personal property;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Procurement for purposes of direct resale or remanufacture and subsequent resale;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Agreements creating employee-employer relationships;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>A procurement on behalf of a municipality or a client of the Service if the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Service estimates that the procurement will exceed $25,000,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Governing body of the municipality or the client requests the Service to waive its procedures, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Board formally assents to waive its procedures; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>A contract with or by a corporation established under Natural Resources Article, §3-104(y), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Except as provided in Regulation .02A of this chapter, this chapter applies to each expenditure of the Service for the acquisition of services, supplies, construction, or professional services.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Exemptions.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Service is generally exempt from State Finance and Procurement Article, Division II, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the regulations adopted under Division II.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Service is not exempt from State Finance and Procurement Article, Title 14, Subtitles 3 and 5, and Titles 16 and 17, Annotated Code of Maryland, or the regulations adopted under those statutes.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>