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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 22.01.02.02" title_num="22" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Act” means the Public Information Act, General Provisions Article, Title 4, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Agency custodian” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-101(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Alternate payee” means a former spouse named in an eligible domestic relations order that the Retirement Agency has accepted for administration pursuant to a notice of administration issued in accordance with State Personnel and Pensions Article, §21-502, Annotated Code of Maryland, and COMAR 22.01.03.04.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Applicant” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-101(b), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Compliance Board” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-101(c), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Copy” means any form of reproduction using a photocopying machine or other reproduction technology, including a paper copy, an electronic copy, a printout, or an image.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Retirement Agency or the Executive Director’s designated representative.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Indigent” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-206(a)(2), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Investment Record.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Investment record” means any record, regardless of physical form or characteristic, with information about:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>A proposed purchase or program of purchases leading to a cumulative position in a security;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>An existing position in a security;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>The making, sale, or prepayment of a loan;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Any proposed sale or program of sales leading to the elimination of a position in a security; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>The sale or purchase of real property or any interest therein.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Investment record” includes:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Analyses, forecasts, and negotiations pertinent to the transactions described in §B(9)(a) of this regulation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Information compiled by the Board of Trustees for conducting the review of the performance, form, and contents of the annuity contracts offered under the Optional Retirement Program established under State Personnel and Pensions Article, §30-201, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Metadata” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-205(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Person in Interest.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>"Person in interest” means:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>An individual who is the subject of a record;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The individual’s representative who has been designated in writing by the individual who is the subject of a record; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>If the subject of the record has a legal disability, the parent or legal representative of the individual.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Person in interest” includes an alternate payee, to the extent a public record pertains to the benefits payable under an eligible domestic relations order as defined in COMAR 22.01.03.02B.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Public Access Ombudsman” means the official appointed under General Provisions Article, Title 4, Subtitle 1B, Annotated Code of Maryland, to resolve disputes under the Act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Public record” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-101(j), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Reasonable fee” has the meaning stated in General Provisions Article, §4-206(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Retirement record” means any record, regardless of physical form or characteristics, indexed by a participant’s name, participant’s home address, Social Security number, or other identification number.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Working day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, a State holiday, or a day or partial day when the Retirement Agency is closed to the public.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>