HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(d) A person, firm, corporation or agency aggrieved by
the refusal of the State Department of Human Resources to
issue a license under this section or by the State
Department's revocation or suspension of such a license, may
appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county in which
the person, firm, corporation or agency has his or its
residence or principal office, as the case may be, [or to
the Baltimore City Court, if the office or residence is in
Baltimore City]. There is a further right of appeal to the
Court of Special Appeals at the instance of either party.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (as enacted by Chapter 292
of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1943) read(s) as

follows:

Article 88A - Social Services Administration

51.

Whenever a local unit receives a notification of the
dependency of a child or an [applicant] APPLICATION for
assistance, a record shall promptly be made of the
circumstances establishing the dependency of the child and
the facts supporting the application made under this
subtitle, and such other information as may be required by
the State Department. Each local unit and the State
Department and the officers and authorized employees thereof
shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations,
conduct examinations, subpoena witnesses, require the
attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records
and papers, and may make application to the circuit court of
the county [or the Superior Court of Baltimore City] to
compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
such books, records and papers.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland read(s) as follows:

Article 89 - Division of Labor and Industry

31.

(1) In case any of the proposed rules, regulations and
standards, or modifications, amendments or revocations
thereof submitted by the Board are identical with any rules,
regulations and standards promulgated by any other
department, board, or public agency of this State, or
identical with any national consensus standards and/or
established federal standards, the Commissioner may adopt by
reference and issue such rules, regulations and standards
without the necessity of a public hearing thereon,