PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 29

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

7-207.

(a)     (1) Unless the Committee provides otherwise, the Code of Maryland
Regulations, the Register, and the Contract Weekly may not reprint any text from:

(i)     the Annotated Code of Maryland;

(ii)    the Session Laws;

(iii)   the United States Code;

(iv)    the United States Statutes at Large;

(v)    the Code of Federal Regulations;

(vi)    the Federal Register; or

(vii) any other generally available publication that the Administrator
specifies.

(2) These publications may be incorporated by reference.

(b)     (1) IF THE ADMINISTRATOR DETERMINES THAT PUBLICATION WOULD
BE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, NOTHING IN THIS SECTION PROHIBITS THE
ADMINISTRATOR FROM PUBLISHING FACTUAL INFORMATION CONCERNING:

(I)      DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED OR TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE CODE
OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS, THE REGISTER, OR THE CONTRACT WEEKLY; OR

(II)    THE CODE OF MARYLAND REGULATIONS, THE REGISTER, OR
THE CONTRACT WEEKLY.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle or Title 10, Subtitle
1 of this article, the Code of Maryland Regulations, the Register, and the Contract
Weekly may not include news material or a press release, speech, or other comment.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 9, 1996.

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