The promulgating authorities for the State procurement regulations are: the Board of Public Works (the Governor, Comptroller, and Treasurer); the Comptroller of the Treasury; the State Treasurer; and the Secretaries of General Services and Transportation. Regulations concerning the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals shall be promulgated by the Appeals Board. Regulations concerning prevailing wage shall be promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor and Industry, Maryland Department of Labor. Regulations concerning veteran-owned small business enterprise participation shall be promulgated by the Governor's Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business Affairs. The promulgating authorities shall determine compliance with the regulations. The Comptroller of the Treasury shall audit and review State agency payment requests to ensure compliance with the regulations. The principal policies and purposes of these regulations are to: Provide for increased public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement; Ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of this State; Simplify, clarify, and modernize the regulations governing procurement by this State; Permit the continued development of procurement regulations, policies, and practices; Provide increased economy in State procurement activities and to maximize to the fullest extent the purchasing power of the State; Provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity; Foster effective broad-based competition through support of the free enterprise system; and Promote development of uniform procurement procedures to the extent possible. The principles of the law of Maryland shall be used to interpret the provisions of this title. State Finance and Procurement Article, §§11-201, 12-101, 12-108, 14-604, 15-210, and 17-204, Annotated Code of Maryland Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5) Regulation .02A amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1982 (9:15 Md. R. 1508); emergency status extended at 9:16 Md. R. 1601, 9:17 Md. R. 1698, 9:20 Md. R. 1979; adopted permanently effective October 12, 1982 (9:20 Md. R. 1982) Chapter revised effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138) Regulation .01A amended effective October 18, 1999 (26:21 Md. R. 1631); May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531) Regulation .01D adopted effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531) Regulation .02 amended effective May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)