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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-1026" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="State Archives and Artistic Property">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The State Archives shall compile, edit, and publish an online Maryland Manual that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>describes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State and its government, including State, interstate, regional, county, intercounty, and municipal government; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>federal officials and agencies directly related to the State; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>contains:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a copy of the Maryland Constitution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the name of each officer of the State, a county, or a municipality who is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>elected;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>appointed by the Governor; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>appointed by the Board of Public Works; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other information that, in consultation with the Hall of Records Commission, the State Archivist considers necessary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>As provided in the State budget, the State Archives shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>update the Maryland Manual as necessary to maintain the accuracy of the information; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>annually preserve a version of the Maryland Manual that contains all changes made to the Maryland Manual under item (1) of this subsection in the immediately preceding year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To the extent practicable, the State Archivist shall provide outreach to public schools, public libraries, and the general public to increase awareness regarding the availability and content of the Maryland Manual.</text>
  </level>
</section>
