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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="7-207" title_number="7" title_name="Secretary of State" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Division of State Documents">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Unless the Committee provides otherwise, the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register may not reprint any text from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Session Laws;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the United States Code;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the United States Statutes at Large;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the Federal Register; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>any other generally available publication that the Administrator specifies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>State statutes as described under paragraph (1)(i) and (ii) of this subsection need not be incorporated by reference.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Federal laws as described under paragraph (1)(iii), (iv), (v), and (vi) of this subsection may be incorporated by reference.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Federal law incorporated by reference after October 1, 2005, shall be identified by using the phrase “incorporated by reference”.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The unit incorporating federal law may:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>incorporate only a specified version of that law by specifying a date; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>incorporate future versions of that law by using the phrase “as amended”.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Other publications as described in paragraph (1)(vii) of this subsection may be incorporated by reference by:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>satisfying the requirements of § 23–303 of the Education Article, except as determined by the Administrator; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>complying with Title 10, Subtitle 1 of this article and with other requirements specified by the Administrator.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Incorporated documents shall be identified by using the phrase “incorporated by reference”.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The incorporation shall specify an edition number, year, or other specific indication of the version being adopted.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Prospective incorporation is not permitted for this category of document.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Agency generated documents have the additional requirement of providing the Division with an electronic version ready for publication on the Division website as required by § 7–206.2 of this subtitle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Administrator determines that publication would be in the public interest, nothing in this section prohibits the Administrator from publishing factual information concerning:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>documents published or to be published in the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle or Title 10, Subtitle 1 of this article, the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register may not include news material or a press release, speech, or other comment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
