Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT 17-304

  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • state: means :

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

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
The Board shall adopt regulations, in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article, stating that a bid or offered price of an American steel product shall be considered reasonable if it does not exceed the sum of the bid or offered price of a similar steel product of foreign origin, including duty, plus:

(1) 20% of that bid or offered price; or

(2) 30% of that bid or offered price if the steel product is produced in a “substantial labor surplus area” as defined by the United States Department of Labor.