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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 21.11.07.08" title_num="21" subtitle_num="11" chapter_num="07" heading="Locally Grown Foods.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>“Locally grown food” means food grown in Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>State schools and facilities shall give a preference under this regulation to procuring locally grown food.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>State schools and facilities shall include in procurement solicitations a price preference not exceeding 5 percent to bids or proposals for locally grown food. A procurement officer:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Shall specify in any specific procurement solicitation a price preference not exceeding 5 percent; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>May limit competition in any specific procurement solicitation to only locally grown foods.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A price preference under this regulation cannot be used in conjunction with any other preference established in this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>