2476

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 491

Maryland Regulations, the permanent supplement, or the
Register creates a rebuttable presumption:

(1) That it was duly issued, prescribed, REPEALED,
or adopted;

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
256S of Article 41 - Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be
and it is hereby renumbered to be Section 256T.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new
Sections 256C(d), 256M(d) and 256S be and they are hereby
added to Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 41 — Governor — Executive and
Administrative Departments

256C.

(D) THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY ESTABLISH EDITORIAL
STANDARDS AND A CODIFICATION SYSTEM TO WHICH ALL
DOCUMENTS, EXCEPT COURT RULES, PUBLISHED IN THE CODE OF
MARYLAND REGULATIONS, THE PERMANENT SUPPLEMENTS, AND THE
MARYLAND REGISTER SHALL CONFORM. AFTER CONSULTATION WITH
THE PROMULGATING AUTHORITY, THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY EDIT
PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED RULES AND REGULATIONS TO CONFORM TO
THE ESTABLISHED EDITORIAL STANDARDS AND CODIFICATION
SYSTEM. CAPTIONS, TAG LINES OR THE NUMBERING SYSTEM ARE
NOT A PART OF ANY DOCUMENT, BUT THE EDITORIAL STANDARDS
AND CODIFICATION SYSTEM MAY INCLUDE CAPTIONS, TAG LINES
AND A NUMBERING SYSTEM.

256M.

(D) THE ADMINISTRATOR MAY CORRECT MINOR PRINTING
OR EDITORIAL ERRORS BY THE PUBLICATION OF AN ERRATA LIST
IN THE MARYLAND REGISTER IF THE LEGAL EFFECT OF A
DOCUMENT IS NOT CHANGED. THE CORRECTION DOES NOT CHANGE
THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OFFICIAL TEXT.

256S.

THE PROVISIONS OF THE STATE DOCUMENTS LAW, INSOFAR
AS THEY IMPOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTICE PRIOR TO ADOPTION
OF RULES, PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED AND ADOPTED RULES,
EFFECTIVE DATES OF RULES, AND FILING OF PROPOSED AND
ADOPTED RULES, MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE INVALIDATED