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HOUSE BILL 1344
P1, F5 (5lr2733)
ENROLLED BILL
— Appropriations/Education, Energy, and the Environment —
Introduced by Delegates D. Jones, Bagnall, Bartlett, Behler, Foley, Forbes,
Guzzone, Palakovich Carr, Solomon, Taylor, Toles, White Holland, and
Wolek
Read and Examined by Proofreaders:
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Proofreader.
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Proofreader.
Sealed with the Great Seal and presented to the Governor, for his approval this
_______ day of _______________ at ________________________ o’clock, ________M.
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Speaker.
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Department of General Services – Assessment of State–Owned Facilities – Child 2
Care Centers 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of General Services to conduct an assessment 4
of certain facilities owned by the State for a certain purpose; and generally relating 5
to State–owned facilities and child care centers. 6
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 7
That the Department of General Services shall: 8
(1) conduct an assessment of all facilities owned by the State and operated 9
by the 16 State agencies that the Department currently supports to evaluate whether the 10 2 HOUSE BILL 1344
facility or a portion of the facility would be suitable to lease to a child care center, as defined 1
in § 9.5–401 of the Education Article; and 2
(2) on or before December 1, 2026: 3
(i) report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of 4
the State Government Article, the results of the assessment conducted under item (1) of 5
this section, including: 6
1. an inventory of all facilities owned by the State described 7
in item (1) of this section; and 8
2. a description of whether each facility: 9
A. is suitable to lease to a child care center; and 10
B. has availability to be leased by the State to a child care 11
center; and 12
(ii) publish the report on its website. 13
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 14
1, 2025. It shall remain effective for a period of 2 years and, at the end of June 30, 2027, 15
this Act, with no further action required by the General Assembly, shall be abrogated and 16
of no further force and effect. 17
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.