HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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Approved April 22, 1980.

CHAPTER 241

(House Bill 1617)

AN ACT concerning

Administrative Procedure Act
PG/MC 14-80

FOR the purpose of making the provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act applicable to the
Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 41 - Governor-Executive and Administrative

Departments
Section 244(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1978 Replacement Volume and 1979 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 41 - Governor-Executive and Administrative
Departments

244.

For the purpose of this subtitle:

(a) "Agency" means any State board, commission,
department or officer authorized by law to make rules or to
adjudicate contested cases, except those in the legislative
or judicial branches, and the Governor, and except the
Maryland Parole Commission, the Workmen's Compensation
Commission, the State Accident Fund, the State Insurance
Department of Maryland, the Public Service Commission, the
Employment Security Board and the State Tax Commission. The
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund shall not be considered
an "agency" within the meaning of this section as to any
matter or action with regard to which the Insurance
Commissioner has made an express, written finding or
determination that compliance with the provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act by the Maryland Automobile Fund
is unnecessary. "Agency" also includes any agency created
by general law, which operates in two or more political
subdivisions[, except the Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission].