Md. Code, State Government § 7-206
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§7–206.
Official statutory text
(a) An issue of the Register shall contain:
(1) on the first page:
(i) the closing date and hour of the issue; and
(ii) the issue date, which shall be the date of deposit in the United States mail and shall appear prominently;
(2) the text of each of the following documents that has been submitted to the Division before the closing date and hour and has not been published previously:
(i) during each session of the General Assembly:
1. a synopsis of each bill that is introduced; and
2. a synopsis of each bill that is enacted;
(ii) unless posted promptly on the website of the Maryland Judiciary:
1. each proposed rule of court that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland directs to be published;
2. each rule of court that the Supreme Court of Maryland adopts or permits to be adopted;
3. the hearing calendar of the Supreme Court of Maryland;
4. each administrative order or memorandum of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland or of the Administrative Office of the Courts that the Chief Justice directs to be published;
5. the hearing calendar of the Appellate Court of Maryland; and
6. each administrative regulation that the Chief Judge of the District Court adopts;
(iii) each executive order;
(iv) each designation of an official State agency under a federal program;
(v) except for notaries public and special police, a list of gubernatorial appointments that states:
1. the office;
2. the name of the appointee;
3. the county where the appointee resides;
4. the effective date of appointment;
5. the term of office; and
6. the salary;
(vi) for a proposed regulation:
1. the notice of the proposed adoption of the regulation; and
2. the text of the proposed regulation;
(vii) each notice of a public hearing that a unit issues;
(viii) unless otherwise exempted, each other document that is required by law to be published in the Code of Maryland Regulations;
(ix) each other document that is required to be published in the Register;
(x) each notice or other document issued by an agency of a county or municipal government that the Committee permits to be published in the Register; and
(xi) unless otherwise privileged, each other document that the Committee permits to be published in the Register;
(3) a table of contents; and
(4) an index to each title of the Code of Maryland Regulations that a document in the issue affects.
(b) (1) Each issue of the Register shall contain a certification of the Administrator that the issue contains all of the documents that have been submitted to the Division as of the closing date and hour of the issue.
(2) The certification of the Administrator in the Register is conclusive evidence of this fact.
(c) (1) If the Committee permits a unit or an agency of a county or municipal government to publish a document in the Register and publication otherwise would not be required, the Committee may require the unit or agency to reimburse the Division for the cost of the publication.
(2) The Division shall bill for and collect the reimbursement.
(1) on the first page:
(i) the closing date and hour of the issue; and
(ii) the issue date, which shall be the date of deposit in the United States mail and shall appear prominently;
(2) the text of each of the following documents that has been submitted to the Division before the closing date and hour and has not been published previously:
(i) during each session of the General Assembly:
1. a synopsis of each bill that is introduced; and
2. a synopsis of each bill that is enacted;
(ii) unless posted promptly on the website of the Maryland Judiciary:
1. each proposed rule of court that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland directs to be published;
2. each rule of court that the Supreme Court of Maryland adopts or permits to be adopted;
3. the hearing calendar of the Supreme Court of Maryland;
4. each administrative order or memorandum of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland or of the Administrative Office of the Courts that the Chief Justice directs to be published;
5. the hearing calendar of the Appellate Court of Maryland; and
6. each administrative regulation that the Chief Judge of the District Court adopts;
(iii) each executive order;
(iv) each designation of an official State agency under a federal program;
(v) except for notaries public and special police, a list of gubernatorial appointments that states:
1. the office;
2. the name of the appointee;
3. the county where the appointee resides;
4. the effective date of appointment;
5. the term of office; and
6. the salary;
(vi) for a proposed regulation:
1. the notice of the proposed adoption of the regulation; and
2. the text of the proposed regulation;
(vii) each notice of a public hearing that a unit issues;
(viii) unless otherwise exempted, each other document that is required by law to be published in the Code of Maryland Regulations;
(ix) each other document that is required to be published in the Register;
(x) each notice or other document issued by an agency of a county or municipal government that the Committee permits to be published in the Register; and
(xi) unless otherwise privileged, each other document that the Committee permits to be published in the Register;
(3) a table of contents; and
(4) an index to each title of the Code of Maryland Regulations that a document in the issue affects.
(b) (1) Each issue of the Register shall contain a certification of the Administrator that the issue contains all of the documents that have been submitted to the Division as of the closing date and hour of the issue.
(2) The certification of the Administrator in the Register is conclusive evidence of this fact.
(c) (1) If the Committee permits a unit or an agency of a county or municipal government to publish a document in the Register and publication otherwise would not be required, the Committee may require the unit or agency to reimburse the Division for the cost of the publication.
(2) The Division shall bill for and collect the reimbursement.
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