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<chapter num="05" heading="Office Facilities" title_num="33" subtitle_num="15">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="In General.">
    <text>Each local board office shall be sufficient to accommodate the local board's staff, equipment, and public visitors.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Specific Office Requirements.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>At the request of a local board, the State Administrator, with the approval of the State Board, shall establish specific office requirements for that local board.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>In establishing specific office requirements for a local board, the State Administrator shall take into consideration:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The guidelines established by the Department of General Services and the Department of Budget and Management in the Facility Program Manual;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Available county resources; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>The administrative needs of the local board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Equipment.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Procedures.</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>The State Administrator shall establish procedures for the storage and maintenance of computer equipment supplied to local boards by the State.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>The procedures shall include standards for maintaining computer equipment in an environment free from contamination and at a temperature appropriate to prevent the computer equipment from over-heating.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Each local board shall store and maintain State-supplied computer equipment in a manner consistent with the procedures established by the State Administrator.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Election Law Article, §§2-102(b)(4) and 2-202(b), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: November 24, 2003 (30:23 Md. R. 1655)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>