2010 Maryland Code
STATE GOVERNMENT
TITLE 10 - GOVERNMENTAL PROCEDURES
Subtitle 1 - Administrative Procedure Act - Regulations
Section 10-124 - Evaluation of impact.
§ 10-124. Evaluation of impact.
(a) "Business" defined.- In this section, "business" means a trade, professional activity, or other business that is conducted for profit.
(b) Required.-
(1) Before a unit adopts a proposed regulation, the unit shall evaluate whether the proposed regulation has any impact on businesses.
(2) To evaluate the impact, the unit shall:
(i) on the basis of the sizes of the businesses that the proposed regulation might affect, divide those businesses into any classes that the unit considers appropriate for the proposed regulation; and
(ii) particularly consider:
1. the costs that the proposed regulation would impose on each class; and
2. the difficulty of compliance for each class.
(c) Action after evaluation.- On the basis of the evaluation, the unit may adopt 1 or more regulations that apply differently to classes of businesses.
[An. Code 1957, art. 41, §§ 244, 245A; 1984, ch. 284, § 1.]
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