Ch. 538 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Washington County Government Administrative Procedure Act - Repeal

FOR the purpose of repealing the Washington County Government Administrative
Procedure Act; and making a technical change.

BY repealing

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 237 through 250, inclusive, and the subtitle "Washington County

Government Administrative Procedure Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

BY renumbering

Article 25 - County Commissioners

Section 251

to be Section 236C to be under the subheading "Miscellaneous Provisions"

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1989 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 25 - County Commissioners

[Washington County Government Administrative Procedure Act]
[237.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Agency" means any board, commission, department or officer of
Washington County authorized by law to make rules or adjudicate contested cases.
"Agency" does not include the Circuit Court of Washington County; the County
Commissioners of Washington County when acting strictly as a legislative body.

(c) "Contested case" means a proceeding before an agency in which the legal
rights, duties, or privileges of specific parties are required by law or constitutional right
to be determined after an agency hearing.

(d) "Rule" includes every regulation, standard, or statement of policy or
interpretation of general application and future effect, including the amendment or
repeal thereof, adopted by an agency, whether with or without prior hearing, to
implement or make specific the law enforced or administered by it or to govern its
organization or procedure, but does not include regulations concerning only the
internal management of the agency and not directly affecting the rights of or procedures
available to the public.]

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