782                                  Laws of Maryland                        [Ch. 375

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 30 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1970 Supplement), title "Division
of Labor and Industry," subtitle "Occupational Safety," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

30.

It shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
to aid and assist employers in carrying out their responsibilities
under Section 29 and to suggest and recommend to employers or
groups of employers methods and procedures by which they may
develop safety programs to carry out such responsibilities. Within
the [Department] Division of Labor and Industry, there shall be
a [Division of] Safety Engineering and Education Service, which
on behalf of and under the Commissioner of Labor and Industry
shall study, analyze and investigate into the causes of industrial
and occupational accidents and formulate, plan and conduct programs
and courses designed to reduce such accidents. The [Division of]
Safety Engineering and Education Service shall have such clerks,
and other employees and technical assistants as shall be provided
from time to time in the budget. The Commissioner of Labor and
Industry shall appoint at least six additional inspectors to be desig-
nated safety inspectors, who shall be qualified and trained in occupa-
tional safety, and who shall be charged with responsibility for en-
forcement of safety codes in construction and other hazardous
industries in the State at large, with salaries and travel expenses
provided in the annual budget. The Commissioner of Labor and
Industry shall further appoint at least [three] nine additional in-
spectors, who shall be technically qualified, and who shall be charged
with responsibility for enforcement of safety codes relative to amuse-
ment rides or devices and temporary and/or permanent structures
at carnivals, fairs and amusement parks or other areas where such
rides, devices or structures may be situated. These inspectors shall
also be charged with responsibility for enforcement of safety codes
for passenger and freight elevators in permanent installations and
workmen's and material hoists on construction projects with salaries
and travel expenses of such inspectors provided in the annual budget.
Upon the request of any company licensed to insure and insuring
elevators in this State, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry is
empowered and authorized to deputize qualified inspectors of said
company as special elevator inspectors and shall formulate rules
and regulations defining the authority of those deputized and the
reporting of inspections made by said inspectors. Such special ele-
vator inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their
expenses be paid by, the State. All full-time employees of the
[Division of] Safety Engineering and Education Service shall be
subject generally to the provisions of Article 64A of the Code, title
"Merit System."

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved May 6, 1971.