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DIVISION OF STATE DOCUMENTS
Robert J. Colborn, Administrator
Dennis C. Schnepfe, Deputy Administrator
P.O. Box 2249
11 Bladen St. (Old Armory) (410) 974-2486
Annapolis, MD 21404 fax: (410) 974-2546
The Division of State Documents was created
within the Office of the Secretary of State in 1974
(Chapter 600, Acts of 1974). Appointed by the
Governor, the Administrator is responsible for pub-
lication of the Code of Maryland Regulations (CO-
MAR), the Maryland Register, and the Maryland
Contract Weekly. The Administrator also oversees the
Maryland Information Retrieval System (MIRS).
CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS
Patricia A. Smith & Maryan Elder, Editors
(410) 974-2486
The Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR),
is the permanent compilation of the Governor's
executive orders, all State agency regulations, and
all opinions issued by the State Ethics Commission.
MARYLAND REGISTER
Judith M. Gray & Ann B. Maxfield, Editors
(410) 974-2486
The Maryland Register, a bi-weekly publication,
serves as a temporary supplement to COMAR. The
Register prints all proposed, adopted and emergency
regulations of the State's administrative agencies; no-
tices of public hearings and meetings; the full text of
all opinions of the Attorney General, proposed and
adopted rules of court; hearing calendars of the Courts
of Appeal; synopses of all legislation proposed, enacted,
and vetoed by the General Assembly, 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
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General Assembly requires or the Joint Committee
on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Re-
view (AELR) permits to be published. An index to
the Register is published quarterly and is cumulative
throughout the year. All adopted regulations and ex-
ecutive orders that are permanent in nature periodically
are taken from the pages of the Register and integrated
into COMAR by means of published supplements.
With the exception of emergency regulations,
administrative regulations are not effective until
notice of their adoption is published in the Mary-
land Register. The text of any document appearing
in the Maryland Register and COMAR is the only
official, valid and enforceable text of that docu-
ment. Any document appearing in the Maryland
Register and COMAR is accorded judicial notice in
all court proceedings (Code State Government
Article, secs. 7-201 through 7-222).
MARYLAND CONTRACT WEEKLY
Carolyn Wohlgemuth, Editor (410) 974-2486
The Maryland Contract Weekly began in 1992
under the name Maryland Register Contract Weekly,
assuming its present name in 1994. Maryland Con-
tract Weekly publishes notices of bids requested and
awards announced on all State contracts valued above
$25,000. Since 1993, county and municipal bid and
award notices may be published in the Weekly (Chap-
ter 509, Acts of 1993). Synopses of all decisions by
the Board of Contract Appeals also appear regularly.
MARYLAND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM
William D. Hager, Director (410) 974-3500
The Maryland Information Retrieval System
(MIRS) was created in 1984. The System is a
computerized information retrieval service for State
statutes; all adopted, proposed and emergency
regulations; and executive orders. The System also
is used to compose all COMAR supplement pages.
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