1120                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 284

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS THE EFFECTIVE DATE SET IN THE
EXECUTIVE ORDER.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 41, §
256-O(b), as it related to executive orders.

Note that, while the revision of provisions of former
Art. 41, § 256-O(b), as this section, makes the
definition of "executive order" in § 3-401 of this
subtitle applicable, by cross-reference, in former
Art. 41, § 256B(d), that definition applied in any
event.

See also Md. Constitution, Art. II, § 24.

Defined term: "Executive order" § 3-401

3-404. DELIVERY TO SECRETARY OF STATE; INDEXING; DISPOSITION.

(A)  DELIVERY.

UPON ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, THE GOVERNOR SHALL
DELIVER THE ORIGINAL OR A CERTIFIED COPY OF IT TO THE SECRETARY
OF STATE.

(B)  INDEXING; DISPOSITION.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL:

(1)  INDEX THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT THE GOVERNOR
DELIVERS UNDER THIS SECTION;

(2)  KEEP EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER DURING THE TERM OF
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR WHO DELIVERED THE EXECUTIVE ORDER,
INCLUDING A CONSECUTIVE TERM; AND

(3)  THEN DELIVER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER TO THE STATE
HALL OF RECORDS COMMISSION.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from former Art. 41, §
15CC.

In subsections (a) and (b)(1) and (2) of this section,
the word "delive[r]" is substituted for the former
word "filed", for accuracy.

In subsection (b)(3) of this section, the former
reference to "preservation or other disposition" is
deleted since the State Hall of Records Commission
considers an executive order to be a historical record
and, therefore, preserves the original.