MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 2015

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Sections 256B through 256S to be under
the new subtitle "State Documents Law" be and they are
hereby added to Article 41 — Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments

STATE DOCUMENTS LAW
256B. DEFINITIONS.

(A)    IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED.

(B)    "AELR COMMITTEE" MEANS THE COMMITTEE ON
ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REVIEW.

(C)    "AGENCY" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS UNDER THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.

(D)    "EXECUTIVE ORDER" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS
PROVIDED IN ART. 41, § 15CA.

(E)    "REGISTER" MEANS THE MARYLAND REGISTER.

(F)    "RULE" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS UNDER THE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT.

(G)    "ADMINISTRATOR" MEANS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
DIVISION OF STATE DOCUMENTS [[WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE;}}.

256C. COMPILATION OF REGULATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS.

(A)    OFFICIAL COMPILATION CREATED.

THE DIVISION OF STATE DOCUMENTS[[, SUBJECT TO THE
POLICY SUPERVISION AND DIRECTION OF THE AELR COMMITTEE,]]
SHALL COMPILE, EDIT, AND SUPPLEMENT AN OFFICIAL LEGAL
COMPILATION CALLED THE CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS.

(B)    CONTENTS.

EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW, THE FOLLOWING
DOCUMENTS SHALL BE COMPILED IN THE CODE OF MARYLAND
REGULATIONS:"