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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 21.07.02.07" title_num="21" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="02" heading="Default, Delay and Time Extensions.">
  <text>Mandatory provision for all construction contracts:</text>
  <included-document>
    <text>“Termination for Default — Damages for Delay — Time Extensions</text>
    <text>“(1) If the Contractor refuses or fails to prosecute the work, or any separable part thereof, with such diligence as shall insure its completion within the time specified in this contract, or any extension thereof, fails to complete said work within this time, or fails to provide any required annual and renewable bond 30 days prior to expiration of the current bond then in effect, the State may, by written notice to the Contractor, terminate the Contractor’s right to proceed with the work or the part of the work as to which there has been delay. In this event the State may take over the work and prosecute the same to completion, by contract or otherwise, and may take possession of and utilize in completing the work the materials, appliances, and plant as may be on the site of the work and necessary therefor. Whether or not the Contractor’s right to proceed with the work is terminated, the Contractor and its sureties shall be liable for any damage to the State resulting from the Contractor’s refusal or failure to complete the work within the specified time.</text>
    <text>“(2) If fixed and agreed liquidated damages are provided in the contract and if the State so terminates the Contractor's right to proceed, the resulting damage shall consist of such liquidated damages until a reasonable time as may be required for final completion of the work together with any increased costs occasioned the State in completing the work.</text>
    <text>“(3) If fixed and agreed liquidated damages are provided in the contract and if the State does not so terminate the Contractor's right to proceed, the resulting damage shall consist of these liquidated damages until the work is completed or accepted.</text>
    <text>“(4) The Contractor's right to proceed may not be so terminated nor the contractor charged with resulting damages if:</text>
  </included-document>
</regulation>