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§ 13-102.1. Fees for use of eMaryland Marketplace; Electronic Transaction Fund.

MD State Fin & Pro Code § 13-102.1 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    A unit may not charge a fee to access eMaryland Marketplace.

(b)    (1)    Subject to approval by the Board of Public Works, the Chief Procurement Officer may establish fees for the use of eMaryland Marketplace by an entity that publishes a notice of a procurement, conducts a procurement, or publishes a notice of award.

(2)    The Chief Procurement Officer may not charge a unit, as defined in § 11–101(y) of this article, a fee under this subsection.

(c)    (1)    There is an Electronic Transaction Fund in the Department of General Services.

(2)    The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7–302 of this article.

(3)    The State Treasurer shall hold the Fund separately, and the Comptroller shall account for the Fund.

(4)    The Fund consists of any fees imposed and collected under paragraph (b)(1) of this subsection and § 13–226(c) of this title.

(5)    The Fund shall be used by the Department of General Services to cover the actual documented direct and indirect costs of administering contracts through the use of electronic transactions.

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