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MARVIN MANDEL, Governor
1801
machines for the benefit of deaf persons in [[all
State ]] certain government agencies and other public
facilities; [[providing for teletype machines in the
homes of certain deaf persons who have a gross
income of $5,000 or less, under certain conditions;]]
and requiring that these machines be connected
electronically within toll—free telephone districts.
BY adding to
Article 78A — Public Works
Section 51A
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 51A be and it is hereby added
to Article 78A — Public Works, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to
read as follows:
Article 78A — Public Works
51A.
[[THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
SERVICES, IN COOPERATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HUNAN RESOURCES AND THE SECRETARY OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL PROVIDE
TELETYPE MACHINES IN A CENTRAL LOCATION IN ALL MAJOR
STATE AGENCIES. TELETYPE MACHINES SHALL BE PROVIDED
WITHOUT COST IN THE HOMES OF DEAF PERSONS WHOSE GROSS
INCOME IS LESS THAN $5,000 A YEAR. THESE MACHINES SHALL
BE CONNECTED ELECTRONICALLY SO AS TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEAF PERSONS AND THE OFFICES OF
MAJOR STATE AGENCIES.]]
(A) THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
SERVICES SHALL, UPON THE JOINT RECOMMENDATION OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE
AND THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, PROVIDE TELETYPE
MACHINES IN CENTRAL LOCATIONS IN AGENCIES OF STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PUBLIC FACILITIES___AS
RECOMMENDED FOR THE USE OF DEAF PERSONS AS PROVIDED FOR
IN THE BUDGET.
(B) THESE MACHINES SHALL BE CONNECTED
ELECTRONICALLY SO AS TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN DEAF PERSONS AND THE OFFICES OF MAJOR PUBLIC AND
PRIVATE FACILITIES EQUIPPED WITH THESE MACHINES WITHIN A
TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE DISTRICT.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.
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