Section 14-416 - Purchase of American manufactured goods(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.(2) "American manufactured goods" means goods that: (i) are manufactured in the United States; or(ii) are assembled in the United States.(3)(i) "Emergency life safety and property safety goods" means any goods when provided for installation in, as part of, or as an addition to a system designed to:1. prevent, respond to, alert regarding, suppress, control, or extinguish an emergency or the cause of an emergency that threatens life or property; or2. assist in evacuation in the event of an emergency that threatens life or property.(ii) "Emergency life safety and property safety goods" includes:1. systems or items for or relating to:I. video surveillance and recording;2. information technologies and telecommunications products and technologies that are used for the purposes listed in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.(4) "Public body" means: (iii) a municipality in the State;(iv) a school district in the State; or(v) a special district in the State.(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a public body shall require a contractor or subcontractor to use or supply American manufactured goods in the performance of a contract for: (1) constructing or maintaining a public work; or(2) buying or manufacturing machinery or equipment that is to be installed at a public work site.(c) This section does not apply:(1) if the head of a public body determines that:(i) the price of the American manufactured goods exceeds the price of a similar manufactured good that is not manufactured in the United States by an unreasonable amount;(ii) the item or a similar item is not manufactured or available for purchase in the United States in reasonably available quantities;(iii) the quality of the item or a similar item manufactured in the United States is substantially less than the quality of a comparably priced, similar, and available item that is not manufactured in the United States; or(iv) the procurement of a manufactured good would be inconsistent with the public interest; or(2) to emergency life safety and property safety goods.(d) The Board of Public Works shall adopt regulations to define the following terms for the purposes of this section: (1) "reasonably available";(2) "unreasonable amount"; and(3) "substantially less".Added by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 438,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2013.Amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 437,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2013.This section is set out twice. See also § -14-416, as amended by 2013 Md. Laws, Ch. 438,Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2013.