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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-3 Rules and regulations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-3" heading="Rules and regulations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Board may adopt.">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Board may adopt rules, regulations, and forms to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Public hearing and comment.">In accordance with &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt; &lt;cite data-path="|general|4|3|4-301"&gt;§ 4-301&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">the Board must publish, for public hearing and comment, notice of all rules, regulations, and forms proposed for adoption under this subtitle; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">notice of the date, time, and location of the hearing must be published at least 15 days before the hearing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Effective date.">After the public hearing and comment period, the Board may adopt the final rules, regulations, and forms with an effective date of at least 15 days after the date of their adoption.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 30, §11.0-3f(5th-7th sens), §11.0-8b7</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 93-258</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-443</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-417</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 03/01/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="Editor's Notes">By authority of Ordinance 20-431, Section 5, the Director of Legislative Reference, in consultation with the Law Department, has conformed this section to refer expressly to and reflect the requirements of the recently-enacted Administrative Procedure Act that, effective January 15, 2021, governs the proposal, adoption, and publication of administrative rules and regulations.</annotation>
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