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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 100 - Work, Labor and Employment

Section 85(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1979 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

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

Article 21 - Procurement

8-201.

(a)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this article,
supplies and services of the handicapped shall be purchased by
the State in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(b)  (1) The term "handicapped" refers to an individual or
class of individuals under a physical disability (including
blindness) or mental disability, which constitutes a substantial
handicap to employment and is of such a nature as to prevent the
individual under such disability from currently engaging in
normal competitive employment.

(2)  The term "sheltered workshop" means an agency
organized under the laws of the United States and the State of
Maryland, ACCREDITED AS A REGULAR WORK PROGRAM BY THE DIVISION OF
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
operated in the interest of handicapped individuals, [and] the
net income of which does not inure in part, or in whole, to the
benefit of any shareholder or other individual, and is certified
as a sheltered workshop by the Wage and Hour Division of the
United States Department of Labor.

(3)  "Pricing and selection committee" means the
committee established under this subtitle responsible for
procedures governing the procurement of goods and services from
certified sheltered workshops.

(c) (1) The pricing and selection committee for sheltered
workshops shall:

(i) Select appropriate' goods and services from
the State procurement list and provide that the State procure the
selected goods and services from eligible sheltered workshops;

(ii) Determine the fair market price of any
goods and services offered for sale to the State by eligible
sheltered workshops;