ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 161

Approved April 22, 2003.

CHAPTER 161
(House Bill 469)

AN ACT concerning

State Department of Education - Division of Library Development and
Services - Distribution of Accessible Information to Disabled Individuals

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Budget and Management, in
consultation with the Governor's Office for Individuals with Disabilities, to
establish and administer a program relating to the reimbursement of certain
costs; requiring the Department, in consultation with the Governor's Advisory
Board for Telecommunications Relay and the Governor's Office for Individuals
with Disabilities to enter a certain agreement with the State Department of
Education, Division of Library Development and Services, providing for a
certain payment to be made relating to the distribution of accessible
information; requiring the Division to provide certain individuals certain access
to an audio news and information service; amending a certain subtitle; defining
certain terms; and generally relating to the distribution of accessible
information to disabled individuals.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Finance and Procurement
Section 3-901 and 3-902(a) to be under the amended subtitle "Subtitle 9.

Telecommunications Devices and Distribution of Accessible Information for

Disabled Individuals"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Finance and Procurement

Section 3-906

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

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