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<chapter num="07" heading="Petition for Adoption of Regulation" title_num="14" subtitle_num="30">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Request for New Regulation.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>An interested person may submit to the Board a petition for consideration of the adoption of a regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Within 60 days after the petition is submitted, the Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>In writing, deny the petition and state the reasons for the denial; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Initiate the procedures for consideration of the regulation.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">State Government Article, §22-306(e), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 adopted effective May 27, 2002 (29:10 Md. R. 826)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1917)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 adopted effective May 27, 2002 (29:10 Md. R. 826)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1917); February 11, 2008 (35:3 Md. R. 289)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 adopted effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 568)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1917)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 adopted effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 568)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 amended as an emergency provision effective March 3, 2003 (30:13 Md. R. 852); amended permanently effective September 29, 2003 (30:19 Md. R. 1335)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 amended effective November 29, 2010 (37:24 Md. R. 1659); July 11, 2022 (49:14 Md. R. 704)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04A amended effective March 13, 2006 (33:5 Md. R. 522)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04E amended effective October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1917)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04F amended effective October 22, 2007 (34:21 Md. R. 1917)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.04 under State Higher Education Labor Relations Board, Unfair Labor Practices repealed and new Regulation .01 under Public Employee Relations Board, Petition for Adoption of Regulation adopted effective May 13, 2024 (51:9 Md. R. 414)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>