HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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shall be instituted in the circuit court of the county [or
in the Baltimore City Court, as the case may be,] in which
is located the institution where the complainant is
confined. Review by the court shall be limited to a review
of the record of the proceedings before the Commission and
the Secretary's order, if any, pursuant to such proceedings.
The court's review shall be limited to a determination of
whether there was a violation of any right of the inmate
protected by federal or State laws or constitutional
requirements.

(m) Further judicial review of a final judgment of the
circuit court of the county [or of the Baltimore City Court,
as the case may be,] may not be under the Administrative
Procedure Act, but shall be by application for leave to
appeal to the Court of Special Appeals. An application for
leave to appeal may be filed by any party aggrieved by the
decision of the circuit court [or the Baltimore City Court].
Procedures shall be as prescribed by rule of the Court of
Appeals.

249.

(a)  The validity of any rule may be determined upon
petition for a declaratory judgment thereon addressed to the
circuit court of the particular county [or to the Baltimore
City Court] either where the petitioner resides or has his
or its principal place of business, when it appears that the
rule, or its threatened application interferes with or
impairs, or threatens to interfere with or impair, the legal
rights or privileges of the petitioner. The agency shall be
made a party to the proceeding. The declaratory judgment
may be rendered whether or not the petitioner has first
requested the agency to pass upon the validity of the rule
in question.

250.

On petition of any interested person, the agency may
issue a declaratory ruling with respect to the applicability
of any rule, order, or statute enforceable by it to any
person, property, or statement of facts. If issued a
declaratory ruling is binding between the agency and the
petitioner on the state of facts alleged. Such a ruling is
subject to review in the circuit court of the county [or the
Baltimore City Court, as the case may be,] in the manner
hereinafter provided for the review of decisions in
contested cases. Each agency shall prescribe by rule the
form for such petitions and the procedure for their
submission, consideration, and disposition.

255.

(b)  Proceedings for review shall be instituted in the
circuit court of the county [or in the Baltimore City Court,