ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 515

7-207.

(a) (1) Unless the Committee provides otherwise, the Code of Maryland
Regulations[,] AND 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[,] AND the Register[, or the Contract Weekly]; or

(ii) the Code of Maryland Regulations[,] AND 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[,] AND the Register[, and
the Contract Weekly] may not include news material or a press release, speech, or other
comment.

7-210.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an issue of the Register
complying with the requirements of § 7-206 of this subtitle shall be published at least
once every 2 weeks.

[(b) (1) An issue of the Contract Weekly complying with the requirements of
§ 7-206.1 of this subtitle, devoted in whole or in part to procurement, shall be
published at least once each week and contain every document:

(i) required or, if the unit as defined in § 11-101 of the State
Finance and Procurement Article requests publication, permitted to be published by
that article; and

(ii) filed with the Division prior to the closing date and time of the
Contract Weekly.

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