Ch. 476                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2)     the Judicial Branch of the State government or an agency of the Judicial
Branch;

(3)     the following agencies of the Executive Branch of the State government:
(i) the Governor;

(ii) the Department of Assessments and Taxation;

(iii) the Insurance Division of the Department of Labor, Licensing, and
Regulation except as specifically provided in Article 48A of the Code;

(iv) the Injured Workers' Insurance Fund;

(v) the Maryland Parole Commission of the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services;

(vi) the Public Service Commission;

(vii) the Maryland Tax Court;

(viii) the State Workers' Compensation Commission;

(ix) the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; or

(x) the Patuxent Institution Board of Review, when acting on a parole

request;

that:

or local law;

(4) an officer or unit not part of a principal department of State government
(i) is created by or pursuant to the Maryland Constitution or general
(ii) operates in only 1 county; and

(iii) is subject to the control of a local government or is funded wholly
or partly from local funds;

(5)     unemployment insurance claim determinations, tax determinations, and
appeals in the Department of Business and Economic Development except as specifically
provided in Subtitle 5 of Title 8 of the Labor and Employment Article; or

(6)     any other entity otherwise expressly, exempted by statute.

(b)     This subtitle does apply to:                                                 

(1)     the property tax assessment appeals boards; and

(2)     as to requests for correction of certificates of death under § 5-310(d)(2)
of the Health - General Article, the office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

(c)     A public hearing required or provided for by statute or regulation before an
agency takes a particular action is not an agency hearing under § 10-202(d) of this subtitle
unless the statute or regulation:

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