ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 8

CHAPTER 8
(House Bill 429 of the 2004 Regular Session)

AN ACT concerning

State Government - Administrative Procedure Act - Proposed Regulations

FOR the purpose of providing that a regulation is only effective if all the provisions of
the regulation address a single subject; requiring agencies to submit proposed
regulations to the Department of Legislative Services; prohibiting the Joint
Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review from
approving a request for emergency adoption of a proposed regulation during a
certain period unless the Governor makes a certain declaration; requiring the
Committee to impose a time limit, not to exceed a certain length, on the
effectiveness of emergency regulations; requiring the website of the General
Assembly to include certain information about certain emergency regulations
the Committee has received; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to
maintain a list of members of the public who have requested to receive notice of
the Department's receipt of certain emergency regulations; requiring the
Department to provide certain notice to certain members of the public;
specifying the manner in which the Department shall administer the list;
requiring certain promulgating units to provide copies of emergency regulations
to members of the public, on request; authorizing the Committee to take certain
actions on specific provisions of proposed regulations exercise certain powers
over proposed or emergency regulations or certain provisions of proposed or
emergency regulations; and generally relating to the Administrative Procedure
Act and proposed regulations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-110 and 10-111
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - State Government

Section 10-106.1, 10-111.2, 10-111.2 and 10-118

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

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