ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A measure to create a framework for public-private partnerships to build roads and public buildings will be back before the Maryland General Assembly next year, Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said Saturday.

Brown, a Democrat who is exploring a run for governor, gave the speech to the Maryland Association of Counties in Ocean City. Gov. Martin O’Malley typically gives the address. In an interview before the speech, Brown said he was focusing on policy, not his plans for running in 2014, when O’Malley’s second term ends.