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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 21.02.04.01" title_num="21" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="04" heading="Duties, Responsibilities, and Authority of the Secretary.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate, update, and amend internal policy guidelines to supplement the regulations issued pursuant to Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Secretary may contract with any person to provide services, including consultant services, for the Department or for any transportation-related purpose (Transportation Article, §2-103(h), Annotated Code of Maryland).</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The Secretary may exercise or perform any power or duty that any unit in the Department may exercise or perform (Transportation Article, §2-103(g)), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The Secretary may transfer, assign, and reassign any power or duty from any Administration to the Secretary’s Office or to any other Administration in the Department (Transportation Article, §2-103(f), Annotated Code of Maryland).</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The Secretary is Chairman of the Maryland Transportation Authority which, acting on behalf of the Department, has jurisdiction over certain transportation facilities projects (Transportation Article, §§4-201—4-205, Annotated Code of Maryland).</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>