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Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 16-312

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) Debarment proceedings under this subtitle against a person or business subject to debarment under this title may be instituted within 5 years after:

(1) a final judgment in a civil or criminal action that constitutes a cause for debarment;

(2) an admission, in writing or under oath, of an act or omission that constitutes grounds for a criminal conviction or civil liability that may be a cause for debarment; or

(3) the occurrence of any other event that constitutes a cause for debarment.

(b) Debarment proceedings under this subtitle against a person or business subject to debarment under this title may be instituted after the period set forth in subsection (a) of this section, only if such proceedings are brought within 1 year of the time when the State discovered, or by the exercise of ordinary diligence should have discovered, the grounds for debarment under this title.