WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-lll(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume and 1986 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - State Government
10-111.
(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
section, a unit may not adopt a proposed regulation until:
(i) after submission of the proposed regulation
to the Committee for preliminary review under § 10-110 of this
subtitle; and
(ii) AFTER THE UNIT HAS PROVIDED A PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD OF at least 45 days after [its] THE first
publication OF THE REGULATION in the Register.
(2) (i) If the Committee determines that an
appropriate review cannot reasonably be conducted within 45 days
and that an additional period of review is required, it may delay
the adoption of the regulation by so notifying the promulgating
unit and the Division of State Documents, in writing, prior to
the expiration of the 45-day PUBLIC COMMENT period.
(ii) If notice is provided to the promulgating
unit pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the
promulgating unit may not adopt the regulation until it notifies
the Committee, in writing, of its intention to adopt the
regulation and provides the Committee with a further period of
review of the regulation that terminates not earlier than the
later of the following:
1. the 30th day following the notice
provided under this subparagraph; or
2. the [75th] 30TH day following the
[initial publication of] COMPLETION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD INITIALLY ESTABLISHED FOR the regulation in the Register.
(3) THE PROMULGATING UNIT SHALL PERMIT PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR AT LEAST 30 DAYS OF THE 45-DAY PERIOD UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(II)
OF THIS SUBSECTION.
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