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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="10-1608" title_number="10" title_name="Governmental Procedures" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Maryland Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act">
  <text>In implementing this subtitle, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>standards and practices of other jurisdictions;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the most recent standards regarding the authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to legal material in an electronic record and other electronic records, as adopted by national standard–setting bodies;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>the needs of users of legal material in an electronic record;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>the view of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>to the extent practicable, methods and technologies for the authentication of, preservation and security of, and public access to legal material that are compatible with methods and technologies used by other official publishers in the State and in other states that have adopted a law substantially similar to this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
