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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 19A.04.02.03" title_num="19A" subtitle_num="04" chapter_num="02" heading="Administration.">
  <text>The local law shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Identify or establish a local agency responsible for implementing the law;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Provide the local agency responsible for implementing the law with a structure that supports impartiality and independence of judgment by its officials and employees through the hiring and appointment process;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Provide for the local agency responsible for implementing the local law to issue advisory opinions as to the applicability of the law to elected local officials, nonelected local officials, and local employees and other persons subject to the law; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Establish a mechanism for processing and making determinations in response to complaints filed with the appropriate local agency alleging violations of the law.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>