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Ch. 295
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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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(c) The members of the Task Force shall elect a chair from the membership.
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(d) The Maryland Higher Education Commission shall provide staff for the
Task Force.
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(e) A member of the Task Force:
(1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Task Force; but
(2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard
State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
(f) The Task Force shall:
(1) examine retail prices of textbooks for higher education students in
the State, including average and median prices for undergraduate, graduate, and
community college student textbooks;
(2) study factors that impact retail prices of textbooks, including:
(i) how professors choose textbooks for their classes;
(ii) the amount retail booksellers increase retail prices above
publishers' list prices;
(iii) publishers' methods of setting list prices;
(iv) publishers' methods of marketing textbooks to Professors; and
(v) any other factors the Task Force identifies as impacting retail prices
(3) develop recommendations for providing financial relief to students
(h) On or before September 1, 2008, the Task Force shall report its findings
and recommendations to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2 1246 of the State
Government Article, the General Assembly:
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND. That on or before November 1, 2007. the Department of Legislative
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