An arrearages clause is a mandatory provision for all solicitations. The language may be varied but shall contain the following information: “By submitting a response to this solicitation, a vendor shall be deemed to represent that it is not in arrears in the payment of any obligation due and owing the State of Maryland, including the payment of taxes and employee benefits, and that it shall not become so in arrears during the term of the contract if selected for contract award.”

Authority: : Election Law Article, §§14-101—14-108; State Finance and Procurement Article, §§3-412, 3.5-311, 11-206, 12-101, 13-207, 13-218, 13-221, 14-303, 14-308, 14-406, 16-102, 16-202, 16-203, 17-401—17-402, and Title 19; Annotated Code of Maryland; Ch. 293, Acts of 2009

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Regulation .05 amended as an emergency provision effective March 17, 1982 (9:6 Md. R. 612); emergency status expired June 30, 1982; adopted permanently effective July 5, 1982 (9:13 Md. R. 1354)

Regulations .05A and B amended effective May 6, 1985 (12:9 Md. R. 816)

Regulations .06 and .07 adopted effective June 4, 1984 (11:11 Md. R. 963)

Regulations .01—.07 repealed and new Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)

Regulation .02A amended and C adopted effective May 20, 1996 (23:10 Md. R. 733)

Regulation .04 amended effective March 18, 2002 (29:5 Md. R. 505); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .05 amended effective August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221)

Regulation .05 repealed effective November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md. R. 1936)

Regulation .05 adopted effective March 8, 1999 (26:5 Md. R. 393)

Regulation .05A, B amended September 18, 2023 (50:18 Md. R. 800); April 29, 2024 (51:8 Md. R. 369)

Regulation .07 amended effective March 16, 2015 (42:5 Md. R. 488)

Regulation .07B amended effective October 1, 1990 (17:19 Md. R. 2322); August 2, 1993 (20:15 Md. R. 1221); November 20, 1994 (21:23 Md. R. 1936); January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 79); November 7, 2005 (32:22 Md. R. 1759); March 12, 2007 (34:5 Md. R. 562); April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 751); May 31, 2010 (37:11 Md. R. 766); August 8, 2011 (38:16 Md. R. 946); July 23, 2012 (39:14 Md. R. 839); May 13, 2013 (40:9 Md. R. 789); January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449); March 3, 2025 (52:4 Md. R. 221)

Regulation .08 adopted as an emergency provision effective August 8, 1997 (24:18 Md. R. 1294); emergency status rescinded effective October 16, 1997 (24:23 Md. R. 1608)

Regulation .08 adopted effective July 9, 2001 (28:13 Md. R. 1216)

Regulation .08B amended effective January 2, 2017 (43:26 Md. R. 1449)

Regulation .08B, E amended effective April 7, 2008 (35:7 Md. R. 751)

Regulation .09 adopted effective May 26, 2003 (30:10 Md. R. 668)

Regulation .10 adopted effective March 5, 2012 (39:4 Md. R. 338)