Ch. 416                                    2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

providing that the code of public general laws compiled and maintained by the
Department of Legislative Services is adopted as evidence of the law and shall
be considered as evidence of the law in all courts of the State and by all offices
and officers of the State and its political subdivisions; altering and clarifying
certain duties of the Department of Legislative Services and the Office of Policy
Analysis with respect to the codified laws of the State; requiring the
Department to create and maintain a statutory database of the public general
laws of the State and to correct certain manifest errors in that code subject to
ratification by the General Assembly; making certain technical, stylistic, and
conforming changes; providing for the construction of this Act; and generally
relating to the adoption of the West Code as public general laws of the State and
evidence of the law in Maryland.

BY adding to

Article 1 — Rules of Interpretation

Section 2A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2001 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Section 10-201
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 2-1238(5) and (8), 2-1243(c), and 2-1247
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

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

Article 1 - Rules of Interpretation

2A.

EACH REFERENCE IN THE CODIFIED LAWS OF MARYLAND TO "THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND", "THE ANNOTATED CODE", "THE MARYLAND CODE", "THE STATE
CODE", "THE CODE", OR "THIS CODE" SHALL MEAN ANY CODE OF THE PUBLIC
GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED AND MADE EVIDENCE OF
THE PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE UNDER § 10-201 OF THE COURTS
ARTICLE.

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