754                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 167

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

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

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

681C.

(a) (1) The Commissioner and General Manager are authorized
to develop programs that provide services or produce goods used
by:

(i) State institutions or agencies;

(ii) Political subdivisions of this State;

(iii) Any federal institution or agency; or

(iv) Any institution, agency, or political
subdivision of another state.

(2)  (i) A State agency shall purchase goods and
services from State Use Industries, if the goods and services are
available from State Use Industries.

(ii) The provisions of this subsection are
applicable only to goods and services that the State Use
Industries can supply at a cost that is no more than the
prevailing average market price for goods as determined by the
Department of General Services and services as determined by the
Department of Budget and Fiscal Planning.

(3)  (I) [(iii)] The provisions of this subsection
shall be suspended by the Board of Public Works if the Board of
Public Works determines that, as a result of the volume and scope
of activities and sales by State Use Industries, the purposes of
Article 21 of the Code are being unduly eroded.

(II) THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MAY SUSPEND THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A)(2)(I) OF THIS SECTION FOR DATA ENTRY
SERVICES INVOLVING INFORMATION PROTECTED FROM DISCLOSURE UNDER
PART III, SUBTITLE 6 TITLE 10, SUBTITLE 6, PART III OF THE STATE
GOVERNMENT ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 29, 1986.