Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 2-1237
Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 2-1237
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
(2) In conjunction with a performance evaluation authorized under this subtitle, the access required by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include access to the records of contractors and subcontractors that perform work under State contracts.
(3) The employees or authorized representatives of the Office shall have access to and may inspect the records, including those that are confidential by law, of any local school system to undertake the performance evaluations authorized under § 2-1234 of this subtitle.
(b) Each officer or employee of the unit or body that is subject to a performance evaluation shall provide any information that the Director determines to be needed for the examination of that unit or body, or of any matter under the authority of the Office, including information that otherwise would be confidential under any provision of law.
(c) (1) The Director may issue process that requires an official of a State unit or school system that is subject to performance evaluation to produce a record that is needed for the performance evaluation.
(2) The process shall be sent to the sheriff for the county where the official is located.
(3) The sheriff promptly shall serve the process.
(4) The State shall pay the cost of process.
(5) If a person fails to comply with process issued under this subsection or fails to provide information that is requested during a performance evaluation, a circuit court may issue an order directing compliance with the process or compelling that the information requested be provided.