2013 Maryland Code
STATE GOVERNMENT
§ 10-112 - Procedures for publication

§10-112.

(a) (1) This subsection does not apply to the emergency adoption of a regulation.

(2) To have a proposed regulation published in the Register, a unit shall submit to the Administrator:

(i) the proposed regulation; and

(ii) a notice of the proposed adoption.

(3) The notice under this subsection shall:

(i) state the estimated economic impact of the proposed regulation on:

1. the revenues and expenditures of units of the State government and of local government units; and

2. groups such as consumer, industry, taxpayer, or trade groups;

(ii) include a statement of purpose;

(iii) satisfy the requirements of § 2-1505.2 of this article;

(iv) comply with § 7-113(c) of the Human Services Article; and

(v) give persons an opportunity to comment before adoption of the proposed regulation, by:

1. setting a date, time, and place for a public hearing at which oral or written views and information may be submitted; or

2. giving a telephone number that a person may call to comment and an address to which a person may send comments.

(4) (i) The estimated economic impact statement required under paragraph (3)(i) of this subsection shall state whether the proposed regulation imposes a mandate on a local government unit.

(ii) If the proposed regulation imposes a mandate, the fiscal impact statement shall:

1. indicate whether the regulation is required to comply with a federal statutory or regulatory mandate; and

2. include, in addition to the estimate under paragraph (3)(i)1 of this subsection, the estimated effect on local property tax rates, if applicable, and if the required data is available.

(b) As soon as the Committee approves emergency adoption of a regulation, the Committee shall submit the regulation to the Administrator.

(c) If a regulation under this section amends or repeals an adopted regulation, the text of the regulation under this section shall show the changes with the symbols that the Administrator requires.

§ 10-112 - 1. Publication time requirements for regulations.

(a) In general. -- Whenever a unit publishes a proposed regulation in the Register in accordance with § 10-112 of this subtitle, the unit shall publish the text of the proposed regulation on the unit's Web site not later than 3 business days after the date that the proposed regulation is published in the Register.

(b) Emergency regulations. -- Whenever a unit submits a regulation to the Committee for approval as an emergency adoption in accordance with § 10-111(b) of this subtitle, the unit shall publish the text of the regulation on the unit's Web site not later than 3 business days after the date that the regulation is submitted to the Committee for approval of emergency adoption.

(c) Compliance requirements. -- To comply with the publication requirement of this section, a unit shall:

(1) publish the text of the regulation on the unit's home page on its Web site; or

(2) provide a link on the unit's home page to the text of the regulation if the text of the regulation is available elsewhere on the unit's Web site.

(d) Effect of failure to publish. -- The failure of a unit to publish the text of a regulation in a timely manner under this section may not invalidate or otherwise affect the adoption of the regulation.