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by the Governor; the receipt and retention of county and municipal charter amendments and related
matters; the regulation of raffles of real property (Code 1957, Art. 27, sec. 236); and the recordation of
all Governor's pardons and commutations. The Secretary is authorized to place upon the presidential
primary ballot the names of those candidates determined to be generally advocated or recognized in
the media (Code 1957, Art. 33, sec. 12-2). Through its Division of State Documents, all regulations
promulgated by State agencies are published in the Maryland Register and the Code of Maryland Regu-
lations (COMAR) (Code 1957, Art. 41, secs. 104-106).
Every two years the Secretary issues the Maryland Manual (Code 1957, Art. 41, secs. 104-106).
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Division of State Documents
Robert J. Colborn, Jr., Administrator
Dennis C. Schnepfe, Deputy Administrator
P. 0. Box 802
11 Bladen Street (Old Armory Building)
Annapolis 21404 Telephone: 269-2486
The Division of State Documents was created
within the Office of the Secretary of State in
1974. The administrator is appointed by the Gov-
ernor and is responsible for the administration of
the State Documents Law (Code 1957, Art. 41,
secs. 131B-131D, 256B-256T).
The primary duties of the Division are to print
and distribute two official State publications: (1)
the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), the
permanent compilation of the Governor's execu-
tive orders, all State agency regulations, and all
opinions issued by the State Ethics Commission,
and (2) the Maryland Register, a bi-weekly publi-
cation that serves as a temporary supplement to
COMAR.
The Register prints all proposed, adopted, and
emergency regulations of the State's administra-
tive agencies, notices of public hearings and meet-
ings, synopses of opinions of the Attorney Gener-
al, proposed and adopted rules of court, hearing
calendars of the Courts of Appeal, synopses of all
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legislation proposed, enacted, and vetoed each
legislative session of the General Assembly, syn-
opses of significant decisions by the Employment
Security Administration's Board of Appeals, all
Executive Orders, all gubernatorial appointments,
notices of bids requested and awards announced
on all State contracts valued above $25,000, and
any other document the General Assembly re-
quires or the Committee on Administrative, Exec-
utive and Legislative Review (AELR) permits to
be published. An index to the Register is
published quarterly, with the last quarterly index
being cumulative for the year. All adopted regula-
tions, and Executive Orders that are generally
permanent in nature, are periodically taken from
the pages of the Register and integrated into
COMAR by means of published supplements.
Administrative regulations are not effective (ex-
cept emergency regulations) until notice of their
adoption is published in the Maryland Register.
The text of any document appearing in the Mary-
land Register and COMAR is the only official,
valid, and enforceable text of that document. Any
document appearing in the Maryland Register and
COMAR is accorded judicial notice in all court
proceedings.
Subscription information and free informational
brochures pertaining to both the Maryland Regis-
ter and COMAR may be obtained by writing or
calling the Division's offices.
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STATE LAW DEPARTMENT
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE
Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General
Paul P. Strain, Deputy Attorney General
Eleanor M. Carey, Deputy Attorney General
Dennis M. Sweeney, Chief, Civil Division, and Chief General Counsel
Avery Aisenstark, Chief Counsel, Opinions and Advice
Deborah K. Handel, Chief, Criminal Appeals and Correctional Litigation Division
Stephen B. Caplis, Chief, Correctional Litigation, Criminal Appeals and Correctional Litigation Division
James G. Klair, Chief Counsel for Administration
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