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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 181

[(d)] (E) "License" includes the whole or part of any
agency permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter,
or similar form of permission required by law, but it does
not include a license required solely for revenue purposes.

[(e)] (F) "Licensing" includes the agency process
respecting the grant, denial, renewal, revocation,
suspension, annulment, withdrawal, or amendment of a
license.

256F-1.

(A) (1) AN AGENCY PROPOSING A RULE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
SECRETARY OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THE ESTIMATE
OF ECONOMIC IMPACT REQUIRED BY § 256F(K) OF THIS ARTICLE,
TOGETHER WITH SUPPORTING MATERIALS, WHEN OR BEFORE IT FILES
THE ESTIMATE WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE DOCUMENTS.

(2) THIS REQUIREMENT DOES NOT APPLY IF THE
AGENCY DETERMINES THAT THE RULE HAS NO IMPACT ON TRIVIAL
IMPACT ON BUSINESS, BUT THE AGENCY SHALL RESOLVE ANY DOUBT
IN FAVOR OF SUBMISSION.

(3) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION DOES NOT
AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF A RULE.

(B) (1) THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT SHALL REVIEW THE PROPOSED RULE FOR ITS IMPACT ON
BUSINESS, INCLUDING COST AND DIFFICULTY OF COMPLIANCE BY
BUSINESSES OF VARYING CAPITALIZATION, INCOME, AND NUMBER OF
EMPLOYEES.

(2) THE DEPARTMENT MAY, AND SHALL, IF REQUESTED
BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REVIEW
COMMITTEE OR OTHER COMMITTEE OR MEMBER OF THE GENERAL

ASSEMBLY, COMMENT IN WRITING TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE,

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND TO THE
PROPOSING AGENCY AS TO THESE FACTORS.

(C) (1) IF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT DETERMINES THAT A PROPOSED RULE SHOULD BE
REVISED SO AS TO DIFFER IN ITS APPLICATION TO DIFFERENT
CLASSES OF BUSINESS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL RECOMMEND THIS
REVISION TO THE PROPOSED AGENCY.

(2) THIS RECOMMENDATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE
PROPOSING AGENCY NOT LATER THAN THE END OF THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE PROPOSED RULE.

(3) IF THE PROPOSING AGENCY ACCEPTS THE

DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION, THE AGENCY SHALL EITHER

INCORPORATE THE REVISION INTO A REPROPOSED RULE OR INTO THE
FINAL RULE, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE REVISED RULE IS
SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL.