PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 157

CHAPTER 157
(Senate Bill 321)

AN ACT concerning

Procurement - Local Health Departments

FOR the purpose of authorizing a local health department to use either the State
procurement system or a county procurement system under certain circumstances.

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 12-109

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - State Finance and Procurement

12-109.

IF AUTHORIZED BY THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OR LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY
OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL ORDINANCE, A LOCAL
HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAY USE EITHER THE STATE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM OR
THE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
IS LOCATED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

CHAPTER 158
(Senate Bill 332)

AN ACT concerning

911 Emergency Telephone System - Wireless Telephone and Related Services

FOR the purpose of extending the 911 fee to apply to wireless telephone service and
certain other services; defining certain terms; specifying that certain service
providers may not be required to provide certain equipment or services; exempting
certain persons from the application of the 911 fee; specifying that certain service
providers are not subject to certain liabilities; specifying that the Comptroller or
certain other agencies shall treat certain information in a certain manner; providing

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