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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 681
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(L) THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT REGULATIONS AS NECESSARY TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Governor shall
include the following appropriations in the fiscal year 2001 budget of the Maryland
State Department of Education to fund the Judith P. Hoyer Early Child Care and
Education Enhancement Program established under this Act: (1) $4,000,000 for Judy
Center Grants; (2) $1,000,000 for Early Child Care and Education Enhancement
Grants to be awarded to providers of early child care and education services who have
voluntarily_obtained accreditation or have voluntarily initiated and are actively
pursuing accreditation; (3) $1,300,000 for statewide implementation of the
Department's early childhood assessment system; and (4) $700,000 to cover the costs
incurred by the Department in implementing the Program.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, notwithstanding §
7-317(d) and (g) of the State Finance and Procurement Article, in fiscal year 2001, the
Cigarette Restitution Fund established under § 7-317 of the State Finance and
Procurement Article may be used to fund implementation of the Judith P. Hoyer Early
Child Care and Education Enhancement Program established under this Act. In fiscal
year 2001, the Governor may transfer funds by budget amendment from the Cigarette
Restitution Fund to the Maryland State Department of Education for the purpose of
funding the Judith P. Hoyer Early Child Care and Education Enhancement Program
in the amounts specified under Section 2 of this Act.
SECTION 3. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2000.
Approved May 18, 2000.
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CHAPTER 681
(House Bill 1250)
AN ACT concerning
Agriculture - Industrial Hemp - Pilot Program
FOR the purpose of defining certain terms; establishing a 4-year 4 and one-half year
pilot program to study the growth and marketing of industrial hemp; providing
for the purposes of the pilot program; requiring the Secretary of Agriculture to
administer the pilot program in consultation with certain State and federal
agencies; requiring the Secretary to ensure safe cultivation of industrial hemp
by conducting certain activities; providing that only State property may be used
to grow industrial hemp; requiring the Department of Agriculture to certify and
register the sites used for growing industrial hemp with the Department of
Agriculture and the Department of State Police; authorizing the Department of
State Police to access the property where industrial hemp is grown; restricting
access to the property where industrial hemp is being grown; requiring an
individual to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture before the individual
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