MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                           2403

reliable source and additional time is required for
affirmative action on the application, and (ii) the
subdivision has presented evidence demonstrating its
ability to carry out and complete the project as planned.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1975.

Approved April 22, 1975.

CHAPTER 452
(House Bill 845)

AN ACT concerning

Use of School Property

FOR the purpose of providing for certain day care
programs during school hours if space is available.

BY repealing and re-enacting, with amendments,

Article 77 — Public Education

Section 97(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1969 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 97(b) of Article 77 - Public
Education, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 77 - Public Education

97.

(b) The local board of education and the Board of
School Commissioners of Baltimore City shall give
priority to NONPROFIT day care programs for the use of
public school facilities before and after school hours,
AND [[DURING SCHOOL HOURS IF SPACE IS AVAILABLE]] ARE
AUTHORISED TO, MAKE SPACE AVAILABLE DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
provided the program and school facility comply with the
Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene