PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 677

(3) Subsection (a)(3) of this section does not apply to a bona fide
salesperson or commercial selling agency employed or maintained by an employer for the
purpose of soliciting or securing a procurement contract unless the person engages in acts
during the reporting period that require registration under subsection (a)(1) or (2) of this
section.

(c) (1) Except for providing the authorization required by § 15-702 of this
subtitle and the report required by § 15-704(c) of this subtitle, an entity that compensates
one or more regulated lobbyists, and that reasonably believes that all expenditures
requiring registration will be reported by the regulated lobbyist or lobbyists, is exempt
from the registration and reporting requirements of this subtitle if the entity engages in
no other act that requires registration.

(2) If a regulated lobbyist compensated by an entity that is exempt under
paragraph (1) of this subsection fails to report the information required by this subtitle,
the entity immediately shall become subject to the registration and reporting
requirements of this subtitle.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved May 23, 1996.

CHAPTER 677
(Senate Bill 776)

AN ACT concerning

Education - Course Requirements in the Public Schools

FOR the purpose of prohibiting requiring a certain review and report by the State Board of
Education or a county board of education in the State from requiring a student to
enroll in certain courses that contain are based on subject matter that is in conflict
with the bona fide religious beliefs and practices of the student or the parent or
guardian of the student; and requiring the parent or guardian of a student who is a
minor child or a student who has reached the age of majority to submit certain
matters in writing; and providing for the termination of this Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Education
Section 7-204(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article—Education
Section 7-204(c)

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