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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 04.01.02.02" title_num="04" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="Form.">
  <text>The petition shall be submitted in writing and shall provide the following information:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The full text of a proposed regulation or regulations.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The identification and the full text of an existing regulation or regulations, as proposed to be amended, indicating proposed changes.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The identification of the regulation or regulations for which repeal is sought.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A statement in support of the proposal made. This statement shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Make reference to the statutory basis for the proposal, including, when appropriate, judicial and administrative interpretations of the statute or statutes in question;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Include specific objections to existing regulations, practices, or interpretations; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Set forth the policy considerations which support adoption of the proposal.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A statement describing in detail the interest of the petitioner in making the proposal. This description shall include a statement as to whether the proposal is intended to affect the consequences of any transaction or transactions entered into or contemplated by the petitioner, its vendors, customers, clients, or any person upon whose request or upon whose behalf the proposal is made, which are known by the petitioner to be the subject of an inquiry of the Department of General Services and shall contain an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the inquiry, if any.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>