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<chapter num="03" heading="Petition for Adoption of Regulations" title_num="33" subtitle_num="01">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Petition Authorized.">
    <text>An interested person may petition the State Board for the adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Form and Contents.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Form. The petition shall be:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>In writing; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Filed with the State Administrator.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Contents. The petition shall contain:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The proposed regulation change; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>A brief statement of the reasons for the proposed change.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Action by Board.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Notice of receipt. Upon receipt of a petition, the State Administrator shall promptly mail the petitioner a notice of filing, indicating the date the petition was received.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Consideration and Disposition. Within 60 days after the petition is submitted, the State Board shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Consider the petition; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Either:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Deny the petition and notify the petitioner in writing of the reasons for the denial, or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Initiate the procedures for adopting, amending, or repealing the regulation, and notify the petitioner in writing of this action.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §2-102(b)(4); State Government Article, §§10-122 and 10-123; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.03 adopted as an emergency provision effective March 1, 2000 (27:6 Md. R. 635); adopted permanently effective July 10, 2000 (27:13 Md. R. 1212)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>