HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                  3567

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

49C.

While [hazardous] work is being performed in a manhole,
an employee shall be made available IN THE IMMEDIATE
VICINITY to render emergency assistance as may be required.
This does not preclude:

(1)  The employee IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY from
entering a manhole to provide assistance, other than
emergency; or

(2)  A qualified employee, working alone, from
entering for BRIEF periods of time a manhole where cables or
equipment are in service, for the purpose of inspection,
housekeeping, taking readings, or other work if the work can
be performed safely.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved June 1, 1982.

CHAPTER 620

(House Bill 481)

AN ACT concerning

Pensions - Minimum Benefits

FOR the purpose of altering the minimum amounts that may be
received by certain members in the State Employees' and
Teachers' Retirement Systems who retired prior to a
certain date; and altering the minimum amounts for
eligibility for supplemental allowance in the State
Employees' and Teachers' Retirement Systems.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 73B - Pensions

Section 11A(e) and (e-1) and 86A(e) and (f)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)