# Economic Development (GEC)

## Title 2.5. Department of Commerce

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

#### Section 2.5-108

(a) To the extent practicable, the Department shall use pertinent data obtained from units or instrumentalities of the State when collecting and assembling information.

(b) Except to the extent that disclosure is prohibited by law, the Department has access to all records, data, information, and statistics of other units or instrumentalities of the State.

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