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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 709

Employment Status

FOR the purpose of providing that the Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation of the Department of Education shall be the
licensing agency for, rather than the employer of, all
licensed vending facilities operators in the State;
eliminating the State responsibility for fringe benefits
paid licensed vending facilities operators; and providing
that this Act is contingent on the committment of adequate
funding and reserves for all liabilities of the existing
retirement plan.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Education

Section 21-303(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1978 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

21-303.

(c) The State Department of Education shall, in addition to
licensing vending facility managers in federal buildings in this
State under § 21-302(c) pursuant to the federal acts, license
blind persons to manage vending facilities in all State, county,
and municipal buildings and in all privately owned buildings and
premises in this State in the event of contract with such person.
The Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in the State Department
of Education shall [have full supervision and control over all
aspects of the operation of] BE THE LICENSING AGENCY FOR all
vending facilities within this State licensed under this
subtitle. [The employment, health, welfare, and retirement
benefits of persons licensed to operate vending facilities in
this State shall not -be diminished or adversely affected by this
consolidation of licensing authority.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985, contingent on the committment of
adequate funding and reserves for all liabilities of the existing
retirement plan.

Approved May 28, 1985.