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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-1007" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="State Archives and Artistic Property">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In addition to any powers set forth elsewhere, the State Archivist may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>adopt regulations to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>govern the Archives;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>manage the Hall of Records Building and other real and personal property that the Archives acquires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>manage the records under the supervision of the Archives; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>define the categories of records in the report of the Records Management Division under § 10–611 of this article;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>have a seal; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>on request, or at the State Archivist’s discretion, review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding State designations under Title 7 of the General Provisions Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At the request of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Energy, and the Environment, or the Chair of the House Government, Labor, and Elections Committee, the State Archivist shall review, evaluate, and make recommendations to the General Assembly regarding State designations under Title 7 of the General Provisions Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Archivist may establish reasonable fees for the care and preservation of records and other services provided by the Archives.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Fees may be in the form of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a percentage not to exceed 2% of an existing fee charged at the time of the creation of a record in any form or format; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a flat rate subscription charge for a publication of the Archives.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Of the fees collected, 7% shall be deposited in the Archives Endowment Account of the State Archives Fund established under § 9–1013 of this subtitle as an educational and entrepreneurial reserve.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The State Archivist shall submit to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of this article, to the General Assembly an annual report on the activities of the Archives and the Commission during the preceding fiscal year.</text>
  </level>
</section>
