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must be placed under contract, insofar as the provisions of said
section relate to an item contained in said Act for the University
of Maryland for the construction of a new Outpatient Building,
including site improvements, on the Baltimore campus, contingent
upon and supplementary to Federal funds being made available
therefor; and to extend for two years, the period during which
the said item may be placed under contract.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That the provisions of Section 9 of Chapter 159 of the Acts of 1964,
this provision already having been waived by Chapter 569 of the
Acts of 1966, be and they are hereby waived insofar as they impose
a time for placing under contract an item, Section 5(O) (2), in said
Chapter 159 and found on page 409 of the Laws of 1964, making
available to the University of Maryland the sum of $5,460,000 for
the construction of a new Outpatient Building, including site im-
provements, on the Baltimore campus, contingent upon and supple-
mentary to Federal funds being made available therefor. There shall
be allowed an additional period of two years, beginning on the effec-
tive date of this Act, for placing this project under contract. If this
project shall not have been placed under contract within a period of
two years, beginning on the effective date of this Act, then it shall
be deemed to have been abandoned and the other provisions of
Section 9, of Chapter 159 of the Acts of 1964 shall be fully effective
as to this project.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1968.

Approved April 10, 1968.

CHAPTER 148
(Senate Bill 404)

AN ACT to add new Section 51 to Article 78A of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1967 Supple-
ment), title "Public Works," to follow immediately after Section
50 thereof, and to be under the new subtitle "Facilities for the
Handicapped," imposing certain requirements as part of the erec-
tion of certain public buildings to provide special facilities for
handicapped persons and relating generally to persons with cer-
tain handicaps and the erection of public buildings in this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new Section 51 be and it is hereby added to Article 78A of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1965 Replacement Volume and 1967
Supplement), title "Public Works," to follow immediately after Sec-
tion 50 thereof, and to be under the new subtitle "Facilities for the
Handicapped," and to read as follows:

Facilities for the Handicapped
51.

(a) This subtitle shall be known as the Facilities for the Handi-
capped Act. All plans and specifications for the erection of public