HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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TITLE 19. RESERVED.

TITLE 20. RESERVED.
DIVISION III. SPECIFIC PROCUREMENT PROVISIONS.

TITLE 21. RESERVED.

GENERAL REVISOR'S NOTE TO ARTICLE:

Departmental organization and positions:

Throughout this article, references to current departments,
units, and positions are substituted for obsolete references to
entities that have been abolished or otherwise ceased to exist.

Terminology and standard provisions:

Throughout this article, the term "unit" is substituted for
former references such as "department", "agency", "board", and
"commission", unless the former reference indicated a specific
entity. The term "unit" is used as the general term for an
organization in the State government, because it is broad enough
to include all such entities.

Also throughout this article, for consistency and to avoid
unnecessary confusion, the word "regulations" is substituted for
former references to "rules and regulations", the singular verb
"adopt" is used in relation to regulations, and verbs such as
"prescribe" and "promulgate" are deleted. See generally Title
10, Subtitle 1 of the State Government Article.

It is a precept of the Commission to Revise the Annotated
Code to revise the law in a clear, straightforward manner, and,
once something is said, to say it the same way every time it is
said. To that end, in revising this article, the Commission has
conformed the language and organization of this article to that
of other revised articles, to the extent that the former law
allowed.

Right of entry:

The Commission notes, for consideration by the General
Assembly, that this article contains provisions that authorize
entry into premises to carry out duties imposed by this article.
The Commission points out that there are constitutional issues
with respect to nonconsensual, warrantless searches of premises
and issuance of administrative search warrants. See the General
Revisor's Note to the Health - General Article.