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Martin O'Malley, Governor
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Ch. 317
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CHAPTER 317
(Senate Bill 268)
AN ACT concerning
Higher Education - Blind and Print Disabled Students - Instructional
Materials
FOR the purpose of requiring the Maryland Library for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped to convene a certain committee on or before a certain date;
providing for the membership of the committee; requiring a certain number of
the members of the committee to be blind or print disabled; requiring the
committee to establish certain procedures guidelines to facilitate the delivery of
certain materials to certain students in certain formats; establishing the duties
of the Committee; providing for the termination of the Committee; providing for
the content of certain guidelines; authorizing the Library to determine certain
eligibility of certain students to make certain requests; requiring the Library to
make certain requests to certain publishers regarding the provision of certain
instructional materials; providing certain publishers a certain period of time to
respond to certain requests; requiring certain publishers to indicate certain
information to the Library; exempting certain publishers from certain
requirements of this Act; requiring a certain electronic format to have certain
characteristics: requiring a publisher to submit a certain electronic format
containing certain characteristics under certain circumstances: providing for the
content of a certain request to a certain publisher: requiring certain publishers
to provide the Library with certain material at no cost and in a timely manner:
authorizing certain publishers to request a copy of a certain agreement
containing certain information: establishing certain technological security
requirements for certain material by certain persons: requiring certain persons
to make a request of certain publishers using a certain procedure: exempting
certain persons from certain request procedures; authorizing an institution to
assist certain students in transcribing certain materials into a braille copy;
providing that certain institutions have a right to share a certain braille copy
with certain students at the institution: requiring the Governor to include in the
annual budget submission a certain appropriation beginning in a certain fiscal
year and each fiscal year thereafter; providing for the application of this Act;
providing that certain publishers may not be required to perform certain acts
that may constitute infringement of a copyright or provide certain electronic
formats under certain circumstances; defining certain terms; requiring the
Library to consult and coordinate with the State Department of Education to
facilitate the utilization of certain equipment and staff for certain purposes; and
generally relating to instructional materials for blind or print disabled students.
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- 2015 -
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