2072

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 240

without substantive change from former Article
43, § 889(c) and the second sentence of § 891(c).

5-306. EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROTEST OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

(A)  EFFECTIVE DATE.

UNLESS A WRITTEN PROTEST IS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY, A
STATE ADOPTED FEDERAL REGULATION TAKES EFFECT IN THIS STATE
ON THE DATE THAT IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE AS A FEDERAL RULE OR
REGULATION.

(B)  PROTEST.

ANY PERSON WHO MAY BE AFFECTED ADVERSELY BY A STATE
ADOPTED FEDERAL REGULATION MAY:

(1)  FILE A PROTEST AGAINST THE STATE ADOPTED
FEDERAL REGULATION NOT MORE THAN 30 DAYS AFTER ITS EFFECTIVE
DATE; AND

(2)  REQUEST A HEARING.

(C)  EFFECT OF PROTEST.

A PROTEST UNDER THIS SECTION STAYS THE EFFECT OF THE
STATE ADOPTED FEDERAL REGULATION AS A RULE OR REGULATION OF
THIS STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived
without substantive change from the first, third,
and fourth sentences and the first clause of the
seventh sentence of former Article 43, § 891(c).

Throughout this section, "protest" is substituted
for "objections" for clarity and uniformity.

5-307. EFFECTIVE DATE AND PROTEST OF OTHER RULES AND
REGULATIONS.

(A)  EFFECTIVE DATE.

UNLESS A WRITTEN PROTEST IS FILED WITH THE SECRETARY, A
RULE OR REGULATION PROPOSED BY THE SECRETARY UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE TAKES EFFECT ON THE DATE THE SECRETARY DESIGNATES
BUT NOT EARLIER THAN 90 DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION.

(B)  PROTEST.

ANY PERSON WHO MAY BE AFFECTED ADVERSELY BY A RULE OR
REGULATION THAT IS PROPOSED BY THE SECRETARY UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE MAY:

(1) FILE A PROTEST WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION OF THE PROPOSED RULE OR REGULATION; AND