# State Government (GSG)

## Title 10. Governmental Procedures

### Subtitle 1. Administrative Procedure Act -- Regulations

#### Section 10-124

(a) In this section, "business" means a trade, professional activity, or other business that is conducted for profit.

(b)

  (1) Before a unit adopts a proposed regulation, the unit shall evaluate whether the proposed regulation has any impact on businesses.

  (2) To evaluate the impact, the unit shall:

    (i) on the basis of the sizes of the businesses that the proposed regulation might affect, divide those businesses into any classes that the unit considers appropriate for the proposed regulation; and

    (ii) particularly consider:

      (1) the costs that the proposed regulation would impose on each class; and

      (2) the difficulty of compliance for each class.

(c) On the basis of the evaluation, the unit may adopt 1 or more regulations that apply differently to classes of businesses.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)