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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="3-401" title_number="3" title_name="Governor and Lieutenant Governor" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Executive Orders">
  <text>In this subtitle, “executive order” means an order or an amendment or rescission of an order that, over the signature of the Governor:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>proclaims or ends a state of emergency or exercises the authority of the Governor during an emergency, under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the Public Safety Article or any other provision of law;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>adopts guidelines, rules of conduct, or rules of procedure for:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>State employees;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>units of the State government; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>persons who are under the jurisdiction of those employees or units or who deal with them;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>establishes a unit, including an advisory unit, study unit, or task force; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>changes the organization of the Executive Branch of the State government.</text>
  </level>
</section>
