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Ch. 270 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that procurement, installation, and operation of rural broadband
telecommunication services through rural broadband cooperatives in accordance with
this Act shall be accomplished with the assistance of federal financial aid and with
resource sharing with private entities to the greatest extent practicable.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nothing in this Act may
be construed to impair or otherwise alter the authority of any cooperative other than
a rural broadband cooperative formed under § 5-6C-01 of the Corporations and
Associations Article, as enacted by this Act, to provide broadband telecommunication
service of any kind in the State.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED That:
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, for fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the
Governor shall include in the annual budget bill a general fund appropriation to the
Rural Broadband Assistance Fund established under Article 83A, § 5-1902 of the
Code, as enacted by Section 1 of this Act, of at least $4,000,000 in each fiscal year, of
which at least $2,000,000 in each fiscal year shall be from the Maryland Economic
Development Assistance Authority and Fund.
(b) If the Rural Broadband Assistance Fund receives more than $2,000,000
from the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund in fiscal
year 2007, then, for fiscal year 2009 only, the funding specified in subsection (a) of
this section may be reduced by the amount by which the 2007 fiscal year funding from
the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Authority and Fund exceeds
$2,000,000.
SECTION 4. 2 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2006. It shall remain effective for a period of 14 years and, at the end of
June 30, 2020, with no further action required by the General Assembly, this Act shall
be abrogated and of no further force and effect.
Approved May 2, 2006.
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CHAPTER 270
(Senate Bill 765)
AN ACT concerning
Workers' Compensation - Presumptions - Lyme Disease
FOR the purpose of repealing a requirement that a paid law enforcement employee of
the Department of Natural Resources demonstrate that the employee received a
certain Lyme disease vaccination in order to qualify for a presumption of a
compensable occupational disease under workers' compensation law; making a
conforming change; and generally relating to presumptions of compensability
under workers' compensation law.
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