Section 10-617 – Nonofficial Materials
(a) A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs: (1) a book, magazine, or newspaper; (2) other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes; (3) an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience […]
Section 10-303 – Political Subdivisions and Instrumentalities
A political subdivision of the State or an instrumentality of a political subdivision is entitled, to the same extent as other legal entities, to be an interested person, party, or petitioner in a matter under this subtitle, including an appeal.
Section 10-304 – Petition for Ruling
(a) An interested person may submit to a unit a petition for a declaratory ruling with respect to the manner in which the unit would apply a regulation or order of the unit or a statute that the unit enforces to a person or property on the facts set forth in the petition. (b) Each unit shall […]
Section 10-305 – Ruling
(a) A unit may issue a declaratory ruling. (b) A declaratory ruling binds the unit and the petitioner on the facts set forth in the petition. (c) A declaratory ruling under this section is subject to review in a circuit court in the manner that Subtitle 2 of this title provides for the review of a contested case.
Section 10-401 – Compliance With Workers’ Compensation Act Required
Before a State agency issues a license or permit to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer may employ a covered employee, as defined in § 9-101 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employer shall file with the State agency: (1) a certificate of compliance with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act; […]
Section 10-217 – Proof
The standard of proof in a contested case shall be the preponderance of evidence unless the standard of clear and convincing evidence is imposed on the agency by regulation, statute, or constitution.
Section 10-602 – Forms Management Officer
(a) The head of each department and each independent unit shall designate, from among its staff, a forms management officer for the department or independent unit. (b) The forms management officer shall: (1) subject to the approval of the Division: (i) keep a current plan for the management of the forms that the unit uses; and (ii) administer the plan; […]
Section 10-218 – Contents of Record
The presiding officer hearing a contested case shall make a record that includes: (1) all motions and pleadings; (2) all documentary evidence that the agency or Office receives; (3) a statement of each fact of which the agency or Office has taken official notice; (4) any staff memorandum submitted to an individual who is involved in the decision making […]
Section 10-603 – Plan
(a) The plan shall: (1) ensure that the forms management officer approves the use of a form by the department or independent unit only if the form: (i) is needed for the effective or efficient operation of the department or independent unit; (ii) requests information that is needed for or relevant to a lawful purpose of the department or […]
Section 10-219 – Ex Parte Communications
(a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a presiding officer may not communicate ex parte directly or indirectly regarding the merits of any issue in the case, while the case is pending, with: (i) any party to the case or the party’s representative or attorney; or (ii) any person who presided at a previous stage […]