Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 10-101
Terms Used In Maryland Code, STATE GOVERNMENT 10-101
- Administrator: includes an executor and a personal representative. See
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- County: means a county of the State or Baltimore City. See
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See - Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Division of State Documents.
(c) “Committee” means the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review.
(d) “Local government unit” means:
(1) a county;
(2) a municipal corporation;
(3) a special district that is established by State law and that operates within a single county;
(4) a special district that is established by a county pursuant to public general law; or
(5) an office, board, or department that is established in each county under State law and that is funded, pursuant to State law, at least in part by the county governing body.
(e) “Mandate” means a directive in a regulation that requires a local government unit to perform a task or assume a responsibility that has a discernible fiscal impact on the local government unit.
(f) “Register” means the Maryland Register.
(g) (1) “Regulation” means a statement or an amendment or repeal of a statement that:
(i) has general application;
(ii) has future effect;
(iii) is adopted by a unit to:
1. detail or carry out a law that the unit administers;
2. govern organization of the unit;
3. govern the procedure of the unit; or
4. govern practice before the unit; and
(iv) is in any form, including:
1. a guideline;
2. a rule;
3. a standard;
4. a statement of interpretation; or
5. a statement of policy.
(2) “Regulation” does not include:
(i) a statement that:
1. concerns only internal management of the unit; and
2. does not affect directly the rights of the public or the procedures available to the public;
(ii) a response of the unit to a petition for adoption of a regulation, under § 10-123 of this subtitle; or
(iii) a declaratory ruling of the unit as to a regulation, order, or statute, under Subtitle 3 of this title.
(3) “Regulation”, as used in §§ 10-110 and 10-111.1 of this subtitle, means all or any portion of a regulation.
(h) “Small business” has the meaning stated in § 2-1505.2 of this article.
(i) “Substantively” means in a manner substantially affecting the rights, duties, or obligations of:
(1) a member of a regulated group or profession; or
(2) a member of the public.
(j) “Unit” means an officer or unit authorized by law to adopt regulations.