# State Government (GSG)

## Title 7. Secretary of State

### Subtitle 2. Division of State Documents

#### Section 7-216

(a)

  (1) The Committee shall adopt guidelines for the Administrator to:

    (i) sell a subscription list for any publication of the Division; and

    (ii) set the price for:

      (1) a copy of or a subscription to the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register; and

      (2) a copy of a database or other computer readable information on magnetic tape or some other electronic media.

  (2) The Committee may allow:

    (i) a volume discount; and

    (ii) the free, reciprocal exchange of publications by the State and other jurisdictions.

(b) A copy of the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register shall be available to the public at the price set under this section.

(c) The Administrator shall provide, without charge:

  (1) to each member of the General Assembly each issue of the Register;

  (2) to the Enoch Pratt Library and the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, 1 copy of:

    (i) the Code of Maryland Regulations;

    (ii) each issue of the permanent supplements to the Code of Maryland Regulations; and

    (iii) each issue of the Register; and

  (3) to a judge of a State court except the orphans' court, 1 copy of:

    (i) the current Code of Maryland Regulations; and

    (ii) each issue of the Register that the judge requests.

(d) Unless authorized by the Committee, the Administrator may not allow public access to a document that is to be included in the Register earlier than the date immediately following the issue date of the Register in which the document is published.

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Md. Code Ann., State Gov't (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)