Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 2-1510
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- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(a) The Governor may designate another individual to receive bills while the Governor is ill or necessarily absent from the seat of the State government.
(b) A designation under this section:
(1) shall be in writing;
(2) shall be sent to the presiding officer of the Senate and the presiding officer of the House;
(3) on receipt by those officers, shall be entered in full in the Senate journal and the House journal; and
(4) is effective during the period that the Governor specifies.