# COMAR Title 21 — State Procurement Regulations

## Subtitle 03 — State Procurement Regulations and Contracts

### Chapter 02 — Review of Contracts for Form and Legal Sufficiency

**Authority:** State Finance and Procurement Article, §12-101, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

#### Regulation .01 Approval Requirement.

*COMAR 21.03.02.01*

Except as provided in Regulation .02, before entering into a procurement contract the State agency shall submit the contract to an attorney designated by the Attorney General for written approval as to form and legal sufficiency. Failure of the State agency to obtain the required written approval does not affect the rights or remedies of the parties to the contract.

#### Regulation .02 Standard Contract Forms.

*COMAR 21.03.02.02*

If an attorney designated by the Attorney General approves a contract form for form and legal sufficiency, approval of a particular contract may not subsequently be required where the approved contract form is utilized by a State agency without substantive modification or alteration.