Section 10-616 – Public Records
(a) In accordance with the record retention and disposal schedules, a public official shall offer to the Archives any public record of the official that no longer is needed, such as: (1) an original paper; (2) a book; (3) a file; (4) a record of a court of record for which an accurate transcript is in use; (5) a record that […]
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 10-618 – Portraits
A public official may offer to the Archives any portrait that is in the custody of the public official but is no longer used.
Section 10-619 – Reproductions
(a) With the written approval of the State Archivist, the head of a unit of the State government or of a unit of a county or municipal corporation may destroy original material that has been photographed, photocopied, or microphotographed if: (1) the head offers the original material to the Archives, but the Archives declines to accept; (2) the […]
Section 10-701 – Scope of Subtitle
This subtitle applies if the General Assembly: (1) abolishes a unit of the State government; or (2) transfers, wholly or partly, a function or authority of the unit to a successor.
Section 10-702 – Property
(a) In this section, “property” means: (1) a record of a unit; and (2) any other property that is in the possession of a unit or any of its members or officers. (b) Property that relates to a transferred function or authority of an abolished or superseded unit vests in and shall be delivered to the successor of the […]
Section 10-703 – Employees
Employees of an abolished or superseded unit who are in the skilled service or professional service of the State Personnel Management System, with the exception of special appointments: (1) keep their status as skilled service or professional service employees; and (2) in accordance with the provisions of the State Personnel and Pensions Article that govern skilled service […]
Section 10-704 – Hearings and Proceedings
(a) Each petition, hearing, or other proceeding that was pending before an abolished or superseded unit and each proceeding or investigation that was begun by the unit remains in force. (b) The successor or another unit designated in accordance with law may complete a proceeding or investigation and enforce any penalty or forfeiture to the same extent […]
Section 10-604 – Use of Approved Forms Required
A department or independent unit may use only the forms that are listed on its register of approved forms.
Section 10-705 – Orders, Rules, and Regulations
Each order, rule, and regulation that relates to a transferred function or authority of an abolished or superseded unit remains in effect until the successor amends or rescinds the order, rule, or regulation.