2026                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [Ch. 600

Governor—Executive and Administrative Departments, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) be and they are hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 41 - Governor—Executive and
Administrative Departments

9.

Prior to the adoption of any rule or regulation by
an officer or department of the executive branch of the
State of Maryland under any rule—making power granted by
the General Assembly of Maryland, the [said] rule or
regulation shall be submitted to the Attorney General of
Maryland for approval as to its legality. Every
officer, department, board, commission, bureau and
similar agency of the State government other than those
within the Legislative and Judiciary Departments who has
power to make, promulgate, adopt or enforce rules and
regulations shall file copies [thereof with the Clerk of
the Court of Appeals, with the Secretary of State, with
the State Library, with each of the libraries of the
respective circuit courts of the several counties and
with the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, and with the
State Department of Legislative Reference] OF THEM
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE DOCUMENTS LAW.
No rule or regulation hereafter made, promulgated or
adopted [shall be] IS effective until after compliance
with this section. [Any rule or regulation, filed as
required by this section, shall be admissible as evidence
in any court proceeding, upon certification by the Clerk
of the Court of Appeals. Nothing in this section shall
relieve any officer, board or commission of any legal
requirement as to the publication or other notice of the
adoption or promulgation of such rules and regulations.]

15CE.

(a)   Within ten days following the receipt of each
executive order issued by the Governor under the
provisions of § 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 DELIVERED executive order [so delivered]
THAT AFFECTS A STATUTE shall be published with the
session laws of the General Assembly for that year,
pursuant to § 82 of this article.

(c)     (1) Each DELIVERED executive order [so
delivered] THAT AFFECTS A STATUTE also shall be published