of [June 30, 1999] OCTOBER 31, 2002, and with no further action required by the
General Assembly, Section 3 of this Act shall be abrogated and of no further force and
effect.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor shall
provide grant funds from the Maryland Industrial Training Program to fund the
funding for the pilot program established under Article 88A, § 53A of the Code. The
amount of the funds shall be sufficient to provide upgrade training, as required by the
pilot program, to 400 newly employed current and former FIP recipients at a cost not
to exceed $2,500 per recipient. If the Governor determines that using Maryland
Industrial Training Program grant funds is not an appropriate economic development
activity, the Governor shall notify the Joint Committee on Welfare Reform, in writing,
as to the reasons.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That it is the intent of the
General Assembly that the demonstration sites authorized by § 10-119.2 of the
Family Law Article represent a mix of urban, suburban, and rural areas of the State.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED. That the Secretary of Budget
and Management, with assistance provided by the Secretary of Human Resources,
develop and implement a plan for hiring welfare recipients by the principal
departments within the Executive Branch of State Government. Components of the
plan shall include, for each agency: the units that could most easily hire welfare
clients; the positions most suitable for the welfare population; a proposal for
recruiting welfare clients; job retention strategies; and a target number of clients to
be hired recruited. The Secretary of Budget and Management shall report to the
Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations Committee, subject to §
2-1246 of the State Government Article, no later than November 1, 1999, on the
development of the plan for recruiting and hiring welfare recipients, and annually
thereafter on the number of welfare recipients hired and retained by the principal
departments within the Executive Branch of State Government.

SECTION 3. 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1999.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 487
(House Bill 1062)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Cosmetologists - Powers - Prohibition of Equipment,

Substances, and Products

FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Board of Cosmetologists, in consultation
with the State Board of Physician Quality Assurance, to prohibit or restrict the
use or possession of lasers in beauty salons; authorizing the State Board of