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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="2-506" title_number="2" title_name="General Assembly" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the Committee may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>review proposed or adopted regulations of a unit of the Executive Branch of the State government;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>consider requests for emergency adoption of regulations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>inquire into an alleged failure of an officer or employee of any branch of the State government to comply with the laws of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>review the operations of any unit of the Executive Branch of the State government.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least once a year, the Committee shall submit a report to the Legislative Policy Committee and, subject to § 2–1257 of this title, to the General Assembly.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>describe the studies and other work of the Committee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>include any recommendations of the Committee on legislative action that is needed to change or reverse a regulation of a unit of the Executive Branch of the State government.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The failure of the Committee to comment on or to object to a proposed or adopted regulation is not an indication that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the Committee approves the regulation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the statute under which the regulation is adopted authorizes the adoption; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the regulation conforms to the legislative intent of the statute.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
