# State Government (GSG)

## Title 8. Organization of Executive Branch

### Subtitle 4. Maryland Program Evaluation Act

#### Section 8-402

(a) The General Assembly finds that:

  (1) a framework that allows for periodic, legislative review of the regulatory, licensing, and other governmental activities of the Executive Branch of the State government is essential for the maintenance of a government in which the citizens have confidence and of a healthy State economy; and

  (2) this legislative review is consistent with other activities and goals of the General Assembly.

(b) The purposes of this subtitle are to:

  (1) establish a system of legislative review that will:

    (i) determine whether a governmental activity is necessary for the public interest; and

    (ii) make units that are responsible for necessary governmental activities accountable and responsive to the public interest; and

  (2) ensure that the legislative review takes place by establishing, by statute, a process for the review and other legislative action.

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