(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and § 3-405(b) of this article, each document to be published in the Code of Maryland Regulations or the Register shall be submitted to the Administrator, who:

(1) for 1 year after the publication of the document, shall keep and permit inspection of the document; and

(2) then shall deliver the document to the State Archives.

(b) (1) The Clerk of the Court of Appeals shall submit to the Administrator:

(i) each rule of court that the Court of Appeals adopts or permits to be adopted; and

(ii) each administrative order or memorandum of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals or the Administrative Office of the Courts that the Chief Judge directs to be published.

(2) The Chief Clerk of the District Court shall submit to the Administrator each administrative regulation that the Chief Judge of the District Court adopts.

(c) The Administrator may require that any document required or permitted to be published in the Register be submitted electronically or on paper, or both.