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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".12" citation="COMAR 21.07.01.12" title_num="21" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="01" heading="Termination for Convenience.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Except as provided in §B of this regulation, mandatory provision for all contracts. One of the following clauses is preferred:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Alternate Clause — Termination for Convenience (short form).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Alternate Clause — Termination for Convenience (long form).</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Leases of Real Property.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Inclusion of a termination for convenience clause in a real property lease is discretionary with the Board of Public Works, upon recommendation of the Secretary of General Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In recommending the exclusion of a termination for convenience clause in a real property lease, the Secretary shall consider such factors as:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The practicality of including the termination for convenience clause in a lease of real property located in another state or overseas when the demand for property of a particular type or in some particular geographic location is extremely intense, or when the contents of a lease are established by a foreign government and are effectively non-negotiable, or both;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The perception of some landlords that the termination for convenience clause permits the State to unilaterally convert a fixed term lease to a day-to-day lease; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The prospects that some lending institutions may reject loan requests from landlords owning property that the State might wish to lease but that must be first upgraded at the owner's expense to meet State User Agency Requirements.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>