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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-112" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administrative Procedure Act -- Regulations">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to the emergency adoption of a regulation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>To have a proposed regulation published in the Register, a unit shall submit to the Administrator:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the proposed regulation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notice of the proposed adoption.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The notice under this subsection shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>state the estimated economic impact of the proposed regulation on:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the revenues and expenditures of units of the State government and of local government units; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>groups such as consumer, industry, taxpayer, or trade groups;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include a statement of purpose;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>satisfy the requirements of § 2–1505.2 of this article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>comply with § 7–113(c) of the Human Services Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>give persons an opportunity to comment before adoption of the proposed regulation, by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>setting a date, time, and place for a public hearing at which oral or written views and information may be submitted; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>giving a telephone number that a person may call to comment and an address to which a person may send comments.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The estimated economic impact statement required under paragraph (3)(i) of this subsection shall state whether the proposed regulation imposes a mandate on a local government unit.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If the proposed regulation imposes a mandate, the fiscal impact statement shall:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>indicate whether the regulation is required to comply with a federal statutory or regulatory mandate; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>include, in addition to the estimate under paragraph (3)(i)1 of this subsection, the estimated effect on local property tax rates, if applicable, and if the required data is available.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As soon as the Committee approves emergency adoption of a regulation, the Committee shall submit the regulation to the Administrator.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a regulation under this section amends or repeals an adopted regulation, the text of the regulation under this section shall show the changes with the symbols that the Administrator requires.</text>
  </level>
</section>
