Maryland House Bill 454 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-01-22 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
Pending: House Health and Government Operations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Altering a State policy to make a payment under a procurement contract or after receipt of a proper invoice in 15 days rather than the current policy of 30 days; requiring each county and municipality to adopt a certain policy; reducing the number of days from 45 to 15 following receipt of an invoice after which the State owes interest on unpaid amounts and interest begins to accrue on unpaid amounts; and repealing a requirement that a contractor submit an invoice within a certain amount of time in order to receive interest payments.

State and Local Procurement - Payment Practices

Del. Darryl Barnes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-22	House	Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
2021-01-15	House	First Reading Health and Government Operations

HB454 (Carry Over) 2021-01-22 - Hearing 2/17 at 1:30 p.m.
SB336 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-02 - Hearing 2/03 at 1:00 p.m.
HB747 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Hearing 3/03 at 1:00 p.m.

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Local Government	1	404	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	15	103	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	15	104	(n/a)	See Bill Text
State Finance and Procurement	15	105	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0454?ys=2021RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2021RS/bills/hb/hb0454f.pdf