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<chapter num="01" heading="Maps, Descriptions, and Directories" title_num="33" subtitle_num="15">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Maps and Descriptions.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Boards to Prepare. Each local board shall prepare, or arrange for the preparation of, and make available to the public maps and descriptions that delineate all wards, precincts, and districts that are wholly or partly within its area.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Required Clarity. Each map and description shall provide a delineation of boundaries that is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Clear and concise; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Easily understandable by members of the general public.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Directories.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Boards to Prepare. Each local board shall prepare and make available to the public a directory of street addresses in its area.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Format. The directory shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>List these addresses in alphanumerical order; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Identify for each listing the applicable:</text>
        <paragraph num="(a)">
          <text>Ward,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(b)">
          <text>Precinct,</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(c)">
          <text>Districts, and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(d)">
          <text>Postal ZIP code.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>Update. The local board shall update street files as needed to reflect new or changed:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Street addresses; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Wards, precincts, or districts.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Fees.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Authorized. A local board may impose a fee for providing a map, description, or directory prepared under this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Limitations. The fee charged under §A of this regulation may not exceed the cost to the county for producing that map, description, or directory.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Filing with Administrator.">
    <text>If requested by the State Administrator, a local board shall submit one copy of each map and description prepared under this chapter.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4), 2-202(b), and 2-303(g), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.04 adopted as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2000 (27:15 Md. R. 1398); adopted permanently effective October 16, 2000 (27:20 Md. R. 1844)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02C amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 amended effective October 19, 2009 (36:21 Md. R. 1595)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>