HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(3) The Secretary of General Services shall designate
the Maryland Association of Workshops, Incorporated or another
appropriate coordinating entity to facilitate the distribution of
contracts for supplies and services among eligible workshops.

(d) (1) If suitable supplies or services are available for
procurement from any department or agency of the State, and
procurement therefrom is required by the provisions of any other
section of this [Division II [ of this article] SUBTITLE or of
any other law of this State, procurement of the supplies OR
SERVICES shall be made in accordance with the other provisions of
law.

(2) If suitable supplies or services are not
available for procurement from any department or agency of the
State under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection,
the pricing and selection committee shall determine whether the
supplies or services are available for procurement from an
eligible sheltered workshop.

[18-202.] 11-142. PURCHASING PREFERENCES.

(a)  The State and all state-aided, owned, controlled, or
managed public or quasi-public institutions and agencies shall:

(1)   [Purchase] PURCHASE from Blind Industries and
Services those supplies or services not supplied by the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services; and

(2)   [Purchase] PURCHASE from sheltered workshops
those supplies or services not supplied by the Department of
Public Safety and Correctional Services or Blind Industries.

(b)  Blind Industries shall send a list of supplies and
services supplied by it to the Secretary of the Department of
General Services, and to all persons responsible for purchasing
for the above-mentioned institutions.

(1)  This list of supplies and services shall be
revised semiannually.

(2)  The price of supplies AND SERVICES purchased from
Blind Industries and Services shall be set by the pricing
committee for Blind Industries and Services.

(c)  (1) The pricing and selection committee for sheltered
workshops shall send a list of supplies and services available
from sheltered workshops to the Secretary of the Department of
General Services, and to all persons responsible for purchasing
for the above-mentioned institutions.

(2) This list of supplies and services shall be
revised periodically.