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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 17-4 Rules and regulations.">
  <section prefix="§" num="17-4" heading="Rules and regulations.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Department may adopt.">Subject to Title 4 {“Administrative Procedure Act – Regulations”} of the &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 25-013" data-path="|general"&gt;City General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing, in consultation with the Department of Transportation may adopt rules and regulations to carry out this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Public hearing and comment.">In accordance with &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 25-013" data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt; &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 25-013" data-path="|general|4|3|4-301"&gt;§ 4-301&lt;/cite&gt;, the Department of Consumer Protection and Business Licensing must publish, for public hearing and comment, notice of all rules and regulations proposed for adoption under this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Effective date.">A copy of all rules and regulations under this subtitle must be filed with the Department of Legislative Reference at least 30 days before they take effect.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §100(c)(4)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 74-590</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 77-493</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-526 Ord. 04-854</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-237</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Text Conformed 03/01/21</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-124</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 subsections (a) and (b) of 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>
    <annotation type="History" />
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