Ch. 68                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               125

RECEIPT OF EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 15CC(A), THE SECRETARY OF
STATE SHALL DELIVER TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE A COPY OF EVERY
EXECUTIVE ORDER FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE
DURING THE PRECEDING 12 MONTHS.

(B)        EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER SO DELIVERED SHALL BE
PUBLISHED WITH THE SESSION LAWS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FOR THAT YEAR, PURSUANT TO § 82 OF THIS ARTICLE.

(C)   (1) EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER SO DELIVERED ALSO SHALL BE
PUBLISHED WITH THE CODE OF PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS, IN A
SEPARATE PORTION OR VOLUME OF THE CODE, IN THE SAME
MANNER AS THE MARYLAND RULES ARE PUBLISHED, SO LONG AS
IT REMAINS UNREVOKED, EXCEPT THAT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
ISSUED PURSUANT TO § 15B OF THIS ARTICLE NEED NOT BE SO
PUBLISHED,_ AND AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, ISSUED IN STATUTORY
FORM PURSUANT_TO ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION SHALL BE
CODIFIED IN THE SAME MANNER AS STATUTES ENACTED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

(2) TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE, EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE CODE SHALL BE CLASSIFIED AND ARRANGED
ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE OF THE CODE TO WHICH THE ORDER
PERTAINS.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section 82 of Article
41, Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title
"Governor-Executive and Administrative Departments," subtitle "Publication of
Laws," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as
follows:

82.

[It shall be the duty of the Governor promptly after his approval of bills passed
by the General Assembly, before delivering the same, as well as the bills which
become law without such approval, to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, to cause
copies thereof to be prepared and certified under the great seal, and to cause such
certified copies to be thereupon compiled and indexed by some competent person
to be appointed by him for that purpose, and upon the completion of such
compilation and index, to cause all of said certified copies so as compiled and
indexed to be forthwith forwarded to the printer to whom the contract for printing
the same shall have been awarded; and it shall thereupon become the duty of said
printer to print the same promptly in accordance with the terms of his contract,
and to deliver the same when printed to the State Librarian; and said person
appointed by the Governor for said purpose as herein authorized, shall also, in
compiling and indexing said laws, make appropriate reference to all certificates
received by him from the Secretary of State, certifying the outcome of any
referendum votes which may have been taken upon any law passed at the next
preceding session of the General Assembly, and said certificate shall also be
delivered by him to the printer and be included by said printer in the printing of
the laws as aforesaid.]

(A) PROMPTLY AFTER THE GOVERNOR APPROVES BILLS PASSED
BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND BEFORE HE DELIVERS THEM,
WITH THE BILLS WHICH BECOME LAW WITHOUT HIS APPROVAL,
TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, THE GOVERNOR