Maryland State Finance and Procurement Section 16-312

      (a)      Debarment proceedings under this subtitle against a person or business subject to debarment under this title may be instituted within 5 years after:

            (1)      a final judgment in a civil or criminal action that constitutes a cause for debarment;

            (2)      an admission, in writing or under oath, of an act or omission that constitutes grounds for a criminal conviction or civil liability that may be a cause for debarment; or

            (3)      the occurrence of any other event that constitutes a cause for debarment.

      (b)      Debarment proceedings under this subtitle against a person or business subject to debarment under this title may be instituted after the period set forth in subsection (a) of this section, only if such proceedings are brought within 1 year of the time when the State discovered, or by the exercise of ordinary diligence should have discovered, the grounds for debarment under this title.