§ 7-216. Distribution

MD State Govt Code § 7-216 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    (1)    The Committee shall adopt guidelines for the Administrator to:

(i)    sell a subscription list for any publication of the Division; and

(ii)    set the price for:

1.    a copy of or a subscription to the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register; and

2.    a copy of a database or other computer readable information on magnetic tape or some other electronic media.

(2)    The Committee may allow:

(i)    a volume discount; and

(ii)    the free, reciprocal exchange of publications by the State and other jurisdictions.

(b)    A copy of the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register shall be available to the public at the price set under this section.

(c)    The Administrator shall provide, without charge:

(1)    to each member of the General Assembly each issue of the Register;

(2)    to the Enoch Pratt Library and the Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, 1 copy of:

(i)    the Code of Maryland Regulations;

(ii)    each issue of the permanent supplements to the Code of Maryland Regulations; and

(iii)    each issue of the Register; and

(3)    to a judge of a State court except the orphans’ court, 1 copy of:

(i)    the current Code of Maryland Regulations; and

(ii)    each issue of the Register that the judge requests.

(d)    Unless authorized by the Committee, the Administrator may not allow public access to a document that is to be included in the Register earlier than the date immediately following the issue date of the Register in which the document is published.