Marvin Mandel, Governor                       1289

structures at carnivals, fairs, amusement parks or other such
areas, and to passenger and freight elevators and hoists.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 30 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Supplement), title "Division of Labor and Industry," sub-
title "Occupational Safety," be and it is hereby repealed and re-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 and
groups of employers methods and procedures by which they may
develop safety programs to carry out such responsibilities. Within
the Division of Labor and Industry, there shall be a Safety En-
gineering and Education Service, which on behalf of and under the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry shall study, analyze and in-
vestigate into the causes of industrial and occupational accidents
and formulate, plan and conduct programs and courses designed
to reduce such accidents. The 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 shall appoint at least six additional inspectors
to be designated safety inspectors, who shall be qualified and trained
in occupational safety, and who shall be charged with responsibility
for enforcement 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 shall further
appoint at least four additional inspectors, who shall be technically
qualified, and who shall be charged with responsibility for enforce-
ment of safety codes relative to amusement rides or devices and
temporary and/or permanent structures at carnivals, fairs and
amusement parks or other areas where such rides, devices or struc-
tures 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 ex-
penses 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 empow-
ered and authorized to deputize qualified inspectors of said com-
pany as special elevator inspectors and shall formulate rules and
regulations defining the authority of those deputized and the report-
ing of inspections made by said inspectors. Such special elevator
inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their ex-
penses be paid by, the State. All full-time employees of the 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, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.