PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 533

Defined terms: "County" § 1-101
"Lobbying" § 15-102
"School board" § 15-102
"School system" § 15-102

15-815. APPROVAL OF REGULATIONS.

(A)     SUBMISSION.

A SCHOOL BOARD SHALL SUBMIT REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THIS PART
II, AND AMENDMENTS TO ADOPTED REGULATIONS, TO THE ETHICS COMMISSION
FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL.

(B)     APPROVAL AND EFFECTIVE DATE.

IF THE ETHICS COMMISSION DOES NOT DISAPPROVE A REGULATION OR
AMENDMENT TO A REGULATION WITHIN 60 DAYS OF ITS SUBMISSION, THE
REGULATION OR AMENDMENT:

(1)      IS DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN APPROVED; AND

(2)      BECOMES EFFECTIVE.

(C)     DISAPPROVAL.

(1)      THE ETHICS COMMISSION MAY DISAPPROVE A REGULATION OR
AMENDMENT TO A REGULATION ONLY IF THE ETHICS COMMISSION FINDS THAT
THE REGULATION OR AMENDMENT IS NOT IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH
THIS PART II.

(2)      IF THE ETHICS COMMISSION DISAPPROVES A REGULATION OR
AMENDMENT, THE ETHICS COMMISSION SHALL PROMPTLY NOTIFY THE SCHOOL
BOARD OF THE ACTION.

(D)     ASSISTANCE.

ON REQUEST OF A SCHOOL BOARD, THE ETHICS COMMISSION SHALL ADVISE
AND ASSIST THE SCHOOL BOARD IN PREPARING REGULATIONS THAT COMPLY WITH
THIS TITLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 40A, §§ 6A-401(a), (c), and (d) and 6A-501.

Subsection (b)(2) of this section, stating that regulations or amendments that
have not been disapproved become effective 60 days after their submission, is
new language added for clarity, being implicit in the former law.

Former Art. 40A, § 6A-401(b), setting out special provisions for the
disapproval of regulations adopted on or before December 31, 1983, is deleted
as obsolete. Those special provisions allowed the regulations to remain in
effect for 120 days after disapproval, but had no explicit deadline for the
Ethics Commission to act. The Ethics Commission reports that all regulations

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