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<section article="gec" article_name="Economic Development" number="2-101" title_number="2" title_name="Secretary of Commerce" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Office of the Secretary">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary is the head of economic development policy and implementation efforts in the State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Secretary is the head of and is responsible for the operations of the Department of Commerce established under Title 2.5 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Secretary also monitors the operations of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Maryland Economic Development Corporation established under Title 10, Subtitle 1 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Maryland Technology Development Corporation established under Title 10, Subtitle 4 of this article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Maryland Public–Private Partnership Marketing Corporation established under Title 10, Subtitle 9 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit the independence or operations of these corporations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
