ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

S.B. 180

(8) [make recommendations on the correction of] CORRECT manifest
spelling, grammatical, or clerical errors or errors of addition or omission IN THE CODE
MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND INCLUDE ANY SUCH CORRECTION IN THE
ANNUAL CORRECTIVE BILL FOR RATIFICATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY;

2-1243.

(c) The Department [is the agency responsible for] SHALL:

(1)      CREATE AND MAINTAIN, IN THE FORM OF A STATUTORY DATABASE,
A CODE COMPRISING THE PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF THE STATE; AND

(2)     [maintaining] MAINTAIN the structural integrity and textual
accuracy of [the codified laws of this State] THAT CODE.

2-1247.

(a)     (1) (I) On request of a member of the General Assembly, the
Department shall provide the member with [a set of the Annotated Code] AN
ANNOTATED CODE of THE PUBLIC GENERAL LAWS OF Maryland[,] THAT IS
PUBLISHED BY A PUBLISHER AND PRODUCED IN A FORMAT TO BE SELECTED BY THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

(II)     AN ANNOTATED CODE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO A MEMBER
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION only during the term of the member, at the end of which
[it] THE ANNOTATED CODE shall be returned to the Department.

(III)   The Department shall keep the [volumes] ANNOTATED CODE
PROVIDED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION current.

(2) On request, the Department shall provide one additional copy of [the
Annotated Code] AN ANNOTATED CODE of Maryland to each:

(i)      presiding officer;

(ii)    pro tempore officer;

(iii)   chairman of a standing committee;

(iv)    majority leader; and

(v)     minority leader.

(b)     A member shall return to the Department [all of the current volumes of
the Code] THE CODE provided by the Department on or before the expiration of the
member's final term of office. If a member resigns or is removed from office before the
expiration of the member's term, the member shall promptly return the [volumes]
CODE to the Department.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as specifically
provided in §§ 2-1238. 2-1243, and 2-1247 of the State Government Article as
enacted by Section 1 of this Act, this Act may not be construed to alter or affect in any
way the functions, duties, operations, and procedures of the Department of
Legislative Services.

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