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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="7-205" title_number="7" title_name="Secretary of State" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of State Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the Code of Maryland Regulations shall contain the text of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>each executive order that is generally permanent in nature;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each regulation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>each document that the General Assembly requires to be published with a regulation; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>unless otherwise privileged, each other document that the Committee permits to be published in the Code of Maryland Regulations.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least once each year, the Division shall integrate into the Code of Maryland Regulations each document that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is required to be included in the Code of Maryland Regulations; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has not previously been integrated or included in the Code of Maryland Regulations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This integration may be carried out by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>publication of looseleaf pages for insertion in the Code of Maryland Regulations; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>other appropriate permanent supplements to the Code of Maryland Regulations.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each part of the Code of Maryland Regulations and each issue of its permanent supplements shall contain a certification of the Administrator that the part or issue includes all of the documents that are effective and have been codified, as of the date set by the Administrator.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each issue of the permanent supplements shall contain its issue date, which shall be its date of deposit in the United States mail. This date shall appear prominently on the first page.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Committee permits a unit to publish a document in the Code of Maryland Regulations and publication otherwise would not be required, the Committee may require the unit to reimburse the Division for the cost of the publication.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Division shall bill for and collect the reimbursement.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
