1440                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 501

LAND PROVIDED THE VEHICLE DISPLAYS MOTOR VE-
HICLE DEALER'S REGISTRATION PLATES ISSUED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 501
(House Bill 296)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 169(a),
172(a), 173(a), 177(c), 180, 190(15), and 219(g) of Article 77 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supplement), title "Public
Education," subtitles "Public Libraries," "Teachers' Retirement
System," and "Nonpublic Education Scholarship Program," cor-
recting certain errors in the laws relating generally to public
education.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 169(a), 172(a), 173(a), 177(c), 180, 190(15), and
219 (g) of Article 77 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Supple-
ment), title "Public Education," subtitles "Public Libraries,"
"Teachers' Retirement System," and "Nonpublic Education Scholar-
ship Program," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

169.

(a) Regional resource centers generally.—(1) Any three or
more public library systems outside the standard metropolitan statis-
tical areas as defined by the United States Bureau of the Census,
acting through their several boards of library trustees, may request
the State Department of Education to establish and maintain a
regional resource center for the purpose of providing through mutual
cooperation and coordination books, information, and other material
and service resources which an individual library could not adequately
provide by itself. The criteria for a regional resource center include
the following:

(1)    A region should comprise three or more counties and have a
population of at least 100,000 persons and preferably 200,000.

(ii) Whenever possible the strongest existing library in the area
should be selected as the regional resource center.

(iii) The regional resource center should be so located as to be of
greatest service to all points in the region.

(2)    Any library designated as a regional resource center shall be
chosen by the several boards of library trustees of participating
library systems and the State Department of Education. The board of
trustees of the designated library shall agree to perform the services
provided for in subsection (a) (3) of this section.