- A. The Secretary of Transportation shall promulgate, update, and amend internal policy guidelines to supplement the regulations issued pursuant to Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
- B. The Secretary may contract with any person to provide services, including consultant services, for the Department or for any transportation-related purpose (Transportation Article, §2-103(h), Annotated Code of Maryland).
- C. The Secretary may exercise or perform any power or duty that any unit in the Department may exercise or perform (Transportation Article, §2-103(g)), Annotated Code of Maryland.
- D. The Secretary may transfer, assign, and reassign any power or duty from any Administration to the Secretary’s Office or to any other Administration in the Department (Transportation Article, §2-103(f), Annotated Code of Maryland).
- E. The Secretary is Chairman of the Maryland Transportation Authority which, acting on behalf of the Department, has jurisdiction over certain transportation facilities projects (Transportation Article, §§4-201—4-205, Annotated Code of Maryland).
Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §12-101, Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)
Regulation .01 amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138); December 25, 2000 (27:25 Md. R. 2284); May 2, 2022 (49:9 Md. R. 531)