2010 Maryland Code
STATE GOVERNMENT
TITLE 10 - GOVERNMENTAL PROCEDURES
Subtitle 1 - Administrative Procedure Act - Regulations
Section 10-117 - Effective date of regulations.

§ 10-117. Effective date of regulations.
 

(a)  In general.-  

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section or in other law, the effective date of a regulation is: 

(i) the 10th calendar day after notice of adoption is published in the Register; or 

(ii) a later date that the notice sets. 

(2) For calculation of the effective date under this subsection: 

(i) Article 1, § 36 of the Code does not apply; 

(ii) the issue date of the Register in which the notice is published is not counted; and 

(iii) each other calendar day, including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, is counted. 

(b)  Emergency adoption.- The effective date of a regulation after its emergency adoption is the date that the Committee sets. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 256-O; 1984, ch. 284, § 1; 1997, ch. 31, § 10; 2006, ch. 92.]