ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor S.B. 309
FOR the purpose of requiring agencies to submit proposed regulations to the
Department of Legislative Services; prohibiting the Joint Committee on
Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review from approving a request for
emergency adoption of a proposed regulation during a certain period unless the
Governor makes a certain declaration; requiring the Committee to impose a
time limit, not to exceed a certain length, on the effectiveness of emergency
regulations; requiring the website of the General Assembly to include certain
information about certain emergency regulations the Committee has received;
requiring the Department of Legislative Services to maintain a list of members
of the public who have requested to receive notice of the Department's receipt of
certain emergency regulations; requiring the Department to provide certain
notice to certain members of the public; specifying the manner in which the
Department shall administer the list; requiring certain promulgating units to
provide copies of emergency regulations to members of the public, on request;
authorizing the Committee to take certain actions on specific provisions of
proposed regulations exercise certain powers over proposed or emergency
regulations or certain provisions of proposed or emergency regulations; and
generally relating to the Administrative Procedure Act and proposed
regulations.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-110 and 10-111
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article - State Government
Section 10-111.2 and 10-118
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Government
10-110.
(a) This section does not apply to a regulation adopted under § 10-111(b) of
this subtitle.
(b) At least 15 days before the date a proposed regulation is submitted to the
Maryland Register for publication under § 10-112 of this subtitle, the promulgating
unit shall submit to the State Children's Environmental Health and Protection
Advisory Council established under § 13-1503 of the Health - General Article for
review any proposed regulations identified by the promulgating unit as having an
impact on environmental hazards affecting the health of children.
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