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<chapter num="05" heading="State Board — Acquisition and Acceptance" title_num="33" subtitle_num="09">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Scope.">
    <text>This chapter applies to each contract for the purchase or lease by the State Board of all or any part of a voting system.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Certification and Acceptance Contingency.">
    <text>The contract shall provide that:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The sale or lease is contingent on successful completion of all acceptance testing; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>If the product fails acceptance testing, the State Board may cancel the contract without penalty.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Governing Law.">
    <text>The contract shall provide that Maryland law prevails in all matters.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Source Code Protection.">
    <text>The contract shall provide that, if the vendor discontinues its support of the system for any reason, the State Board is authorized to use the archival system source codes and other software in any way that the State Board considers necessary or appropriate to support the continued use of the system.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), and 9-102(b), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.12 adopted as an emergency provision effective February 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 636); adopted permanently effective April 17, 2000 (27:7 Md. R. 708)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised as an emergency provision effective July 23, 2008 (35:17 Md. R. 1484); revised permanently effective September 22, 2008 (35:19 Md. R. 1718)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective August 19, 2013 (40:16 Md. R. 1346)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>