Ch. 515

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(2) The closing date for any procurement document may not be more than
5 working days before the issue.]

[(c)] (B) (1) (i) To avoid a conflict with a State or national holiday, with the
approval of the Committee, the Administrator may alter the publication date of an
issue of the Register [or the Contract Weekly] by not more than 3 days.

(ii) At least 30 days before a change of publication date occurs, the
Administrator shall publish, as appropriate, notice of the change in the Register [or
the Contract Weekly].

(2) The Committee may provide for more frequent publication of all or
any part of the Register [or the Contract Weekly].

[(d)] (C) (1) An index shall be published at least quarterly for[:

(i)] the Register[; and

(ii) the Contract Weekly].

(2) For the Register [and the Contract Weekly], the last index for a
calendar year shall be a cumulative index of that publication for that year.

[(e)] (D) A supplement to the index to the Code of Maryland Regulations or a
new index shall be published at least once a year.

7-211.

(a) Subject to the conditions that the Board of Public Works sets, the
Administrator shall contract for the prompt printing and distribution of the Code of
Maryland Regulations, including its permanent supplements, AND the Register[, and
the Contract Weekly].

7-212.

(a)     (1) The Administrator may adopt a codification system and set editorial
standards for the Code of Maryland Regulations[,] AND the Register[, and the
Contract Weekly], including a numbering system and captions or tag lines.

(2) The numbering system, captions, or tag lines are not part of the
official text of a document.

(b)     Except for rules of court, each document that is submitted for publication in
the Code of Maryland Regulations[,] AND the Register[, or the Contract Weekly] shall
conform to the codification system and editorial standards.

7-215.

The Administrator may require a unit to reimburse the Division for the cost of a
publication of a document in an issue of the Register [or the Contract Weekly] if the
unit submits, withdraws, or changes the document after the closing date and hour of
that issue.

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