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1.__Persons with disabilities.__"Persons with disabilities" means
individuals who have physical or mental impairments that
substantially limit one or more major life activities, have a
record of those impairments or are perceived to have those
impairments.

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §1826-B, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 359, §3,
is amended to read:

 
C. Employs during the fiscal year in commodity production
or service provision disabled persons with disabilities at a
quota of not less than 66% of the total hours of direct
labor on all production, whether or not government related;
and

 
Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §1826-B, sub-§2, ¶D, as amended by PL 1999, c. 543, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
D. Has, or is part of, or demonstrates a formal
relationship for support with an ongoing placement program
that includes at least preadmission evaluation and annual
review to determine each worker's capability for normal
competitive employment and maintenance of liaison with the
appropriate community services for the placement in the
employment of any of its workers who may qualify for that
placement.

 
Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §1826-C, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 543, §2 and
PL 2001, c. 354, §3, is further amended to read:

 
1. Committee established. There is established the Work
Center Purchases Committee, consisting of the State Purchasing
Agent Director of the Bureau of General Services within the
Department of Administrative and Financial Services or the
director's designee, the Director of the Bureau of Rehabilitation
Services within the Department of Labor, a representative of the
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services, a
representative of work centers, a representative of the business
community and persons with disabilities. The total number of
members with disabilities on the committee must be a minimum of
5.

 
Sec. 6. 5 MRSA §1826-C, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 359, §3,
is amended to read:

 
C. Award Develop procedures to be used in the award and
extension of contracts, pursuant to subsection 6;

 
Sec. 7. 5 MRSA §1826-C, sub-§3, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 359, §3,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:


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