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| | | An Act To Clarify the Work Center Purchases Committee |
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| | | Requirements for Work Centers and Competitive Bidding |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §1826-A, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 1, §9, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | §1826-A. Purpose and intent |
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| | | The Legislature finds that the goal of integrating disabled | | persons with disabilities into all aspects of community life is | | enhanced by providing expanded markets for products and services | | of work centers. The Legislature further believes that work | | centers provide a valuable means of transitional employment for | | the State's disabled population and for some, such as the most | | severely disabled persons, they may offer the only opportunities | | available for long-term, gainful employment. |
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| | | In order to assure continued opportunities for disabled | | persons with disabilities to obtain this employment through work | | centers, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide reliable | | and steady income and job opportunities to work centers. It is | | the purpose of this section and sections 1826-B to 1826-D to | | ensure that some portion of state purchases for commodities and | | services be available to work centers. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §1826-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 359, §3, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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