MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                2397

Article 77A — Higher Education

Section 83

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 83 be and it is hereby added
to Article 77A - Higher Education, of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)
to read as follows:

Article 77A — Higher Education

83.

[[ (A) AN INSTITUTION WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF
THIS SECTION MAY MAKE PURCHASES THROUGH THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES. PURCHASES MUST BE IN
AMOUNTS GREATER THAN $500.

(B) THE INSTITUTION:

(1)    MUST BE A NONPROFIT, PRIVATE COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY ACCREDITED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION;

(2)    MUST MAINTAIN ONE OR MORE EARNED DEGREE
PROGRAMS, CULMINATING IN AN ASSOCIATE OF ARTS OR
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE; AND

(3)    MAY NOT BE ONE AWARDING ONLY SEMINARIAN
OR THEOLOGICAL DEGREES.]]

(A) AN INSTITUTION WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF

SECTION 66 OF THIS ARTICLE MAY MAKE PURCHASES IN___AMOUNTS

GREATER THAN $500 THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL
SERVICES SUBJECT TO THE INITIAL APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY

OF GENERAL SERVICES AND PURSUANT TO THE RULES AND

REGULATIONS OF THE PURCHASING BUREAU.

(B) NONE OF THE MATERIALS PURCHASED SHALL BE___USED

FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 876
(House Bill 2170)