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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 585

immediately shall [transmit] PREPARE one copy FOR
PUBLICATION AND TRANSPUT IT to the printer [for
publication].

256J.

(A)    The Code of Maryland Regulations and permanent
supplements shall be published pursuant to typographical
and contractual arrangements which ensure to every agency
and court an opportunity to procure at reasonable cost
individually printed pamphlet copies of the regulations
and rules of the agency published under the authority of
this subtitle.

(B)    [No] AN agency RULE OR regulation [or
statement of policy] published in the REGISTER OR Code of
Maryland Regulations [or permanent supplement] may NOT be
reset or otherwise reprinted at public expense [on a
format distinct from that of the Code of Maryland
Regulations] without [a] THE written [determination by]
PERMISSION OF the AELR Committee [that the special format
is necessary for the effective performance of the
functions of the agency]. BEFORE ANY REPRINTING OF AN
AGENCY RULE OR REGULATION UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE TEXT
OF THE RULE OR REGULATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
DIVISION OF STATE DOCUMENTS FOR COMPARISON WITH THE
OFFICIAL TEXT.

256H.

(a) [The text of any document in the Code of
Maryland Regulations, permanent supplements, or the
Register, is the official text as of the date of its
initial publication.] The official text OF A DOCUMENT is
the only valid and enforceable text [of the document]
regardless of any discrepancies between it and any other
text.

(B) (1) WITH RESPECT TO A DOCUMENT TO BE
INCORPORATED IN THE CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS, THE
OFFICIAL TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT IS AS FOLLOWS:

(I)    UNTIL INCORPORATION, THE TEXT AS
PUBLISHED IN THE REGISTER IN FINAL ADOPTED FORM; AND

(II)   AFTER INCORPORATION, THE TEXT AS
MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN THE CODE OF MARYLAND
REGULATIONS.

(2) WITH RESPECT TO A DOCUMENT NOT TO BE
INCORPORATED IN THE CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS, THE
OFFICIAL TEXT OF THE DOCUMENT IS THE TEXT AS MOST
RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN THE REGISTER.

(C)    A DOCUMENT PUBLISHED UNDER THIS SUBTITLE IS
EVIDENCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 10-203(A)(2) OF THE COURTS
ARTICLE.