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mittee, five to be members of the Senate of Maryland who shall be

appointed by the President of the Senate, not more than three of

whom shall be of the same political party, and five to be appointed
by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, not more than three of
whom shall be of the same political party. The appointments shall
be at the pleasure of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the
House, respectively. The Committee shall at its first meeting, select
its own chairman and vice chairman, except that both of these per-
sons shall not be selected from members representing the same house
of the General Assembly.

(b) The Committee has the power to review all rules, regulations

and standards promulgated by each executive and administrative
department of the State government pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act of Article 41 of this Code from and after July 1, 1972.

(c) From and after July 1, 1972, all such rules, regulations

and standards proposed by each executive and administrative depart-
ment shall be forwarded to the Committee within a reasonable time
after their final formulation,

(d) The Committee shall meet as often as necessary to perform

its duties. The Committee may hold public hearings on the rules,

regulations and standards it decides to consider. Notice of any hear-

ing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in each
county and Baltimore City for four consecutive weeks prior to the

date of the hearing. The notice shall designate the time, place and

subject matter of the hearing,

(e) The Committee shall periodically report to the General

Assembly and may make recommendations with respect to appro-

priate legislative action necessary for the purpose of modifying or
rejecting of any rule, regulation and procedure the Committee has
considered,

(f) On petition of any interested person or corporation the Com-

mittee may review and make recommendations with respect to any

rule, regulation or standard promulgated and adopted by the execu-
ative and administrative department prior to July 1, 1972,

(A) A JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF DELEGATES OF MARYLAND IS CREATED,
TO BE KNOWN AS THE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE,
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REVIEW AND TO HAVE
THE POWERS AND DUTIES HERE PROVIDED.

(B) AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH REGULAR SESSION
OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DELE-
GATES, EACH WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE RESPECTIVE
HOUSE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, SHALL APPOINT
RESPECTIVELY [TWO] FIVE SENATORS AND [THREE]
FIVE DELEGATES TO COMPRISE THE COMMITTEE UNTIL
THE FOLLOWING YEAR. NOT MORE THAN THREE SENA-
TORS AND NOT MORE THAN THREE DELEGATES SHALL
BE OF THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY. THE REPRESENTA-
TION OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY AMONG THE FIVE
SENATORS AND FIVE DELEGATES SHALL BE COMPUTED
BY DETERMINING THE RATIO OF ITS MEMBERS IN THE
HOUSE OR SENATE, AS THE CASE MAY BE, TO THE ENTIRE