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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-1601" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Electronic” means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Legal material” means, whether or not in effect, the following:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Maryland Constitution;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Session Laws;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Code of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the Maryland Rules;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>the Journal of the Senate of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>the Journal of the House of Delegates of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>a reported decision of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Supreme Court of Maryland; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Appellate Court of Maryland;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>an opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>the Code of Maryland Regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>a final decision in a contested case issued by a unit of State government under the Administrative Procedure Act; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>the Maryland Register.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Official publisher” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>for the Maryland Constitution, the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for the Session Laws, the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for the Code of Maryland, the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for the Maryland Rules, the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for the Journal of the Senate of Maryland, the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>for the Journal of the House of Delegates of Maryland, the Department of Legislative Services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>for a reported decision of a court listed in subsection (c)(7) of this section, the Supreme Court of Maryland;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>for an opinion issued by the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Attorney General;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>for the Code of Maryland Regulations, the Division of State Documents;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>for a final decision in a contested case, the unit of State government that issued the decision; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="11">
      <text>for the Maryland Register, the Division of State Documents.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Publish” means to display, present, or release to the public, or cause to be displayed, presented, or released to the public, by the official publisher.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Unit” means an executive agency, a department, a board, a commission, or any other instrumentality of the State.</text>
  </level>
</section>
