# Economic Development (GEC)

## Title 2.5. Department of Commerce

### Subtitle 1. Organization and General Authority of the Department

#### Section 2.5-101

(a) There is a Department of Commerce.

(b) The Department is a principal department of State government.

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Md. Code Ann., Econ. Dev. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)