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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-1258" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Staff and Services -- Department of Legislative Services">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>On request of a member of the General Assembly, the Department shall provide the member with an annotated code of the public general laws of Maryland that is published by a publisher and produced in a format to be selected by the Executive Director.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>An annotated code shall be provided to a member under this subsection only during the term of the member, at the end of which the annotated code shall be returned to the Department.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The Department shall keep the annotated code provided under this subsection current.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>On request, the Department shall provide one additional copy of an annotated code of Maryland to each:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>presiding officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pro tempore officer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>chair of a standing committee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>majority leader; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>minority leader.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A member shall return to the Department the code provided by the Department on or before the expiration of the member’s final term of office. If a member resigns or is removed from office before the expiration of the member’s term, the member shall promptly return the code to the Department.</text>
  </level>
</section>
