(a) In this Part VI the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Adopting authority” means the individual or entity charged under law with adopting regulations for a unit. (c) “Committee” means the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review. (d) “Evaluation report” means the document prepared by a unit of State government in accordance with this part […]
This part does not apply to a regulation of a bi-county or multicounty commission or authority or to any other entity not a part of the Executive Branch of State government.
The purposes of this part are to: (1) establish a system of executive and legislative evaluation of regulations that will: (i) determine whether the regulations of a unit: 1. continue to be necessary for the public interest; 2. continue to be supported by statutory authority and judicial opinions; and 3. are obsolete or otherwise are appropriate for amendment or repeal; […]
(a) (1) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the adopting authority for each unit shall every 8 years, beginning on or after October 1, 2001, submit to the Governor and to the Committee a schedule of regulations to be reviewed under this part during the following 8 years. (2) (i) To the extent possible and reasonable, an adopting […]
(a) Based on the schedules submitted by the adopting authorities under § 10-132.1 of this subtitle, the Governor shall, by an executive order consistent with this part, provide for the review and evaluation of the regulations of each unit in accordance with this part. (b) The executive order shall provide that a review and evaluation of the […]
(a) At least 1 year before the commencement of the review and evaluation of its regulations, each unit shall prepare a work plan and submit the work plan to the Governor and, subject to § 2–1257 of this article, the Committee. (b) The work plan shall: (1) include a description of the procedures and methods to be used […]
(a) (1) Pursuant to the work plan adopted under § 10–134 of this subtitle, each unit shall complete an evaluation report on or before the deadline established by the executive order. (2) Consistent with the requirements of § 10–132(1)(i) of this subtitle, the evaluation report shall contain: (i) a list of any stakeholders invited to review the regulations and […]
(a) (1) If a unit, other than those referred to in § 10–137 of this subtitle, disagrees with a Committee recommendation and the disagreement has not been resolved by the termination of the period provided under § 10–135(d)(2) of this subtitle, the unit, within 30 days thereafter, shall submit the evaluation report to the Governor with an […]
(a) This section applies to the Comptroller, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, and the Board of Public Works. (b) Within 30 days of the receipt by one of the units referred to in subsection (a) of this section of a Committee comment or recommendation under § 10–135(d) of this subtitle with which that unit disagrees, the Comptroller, […]
(a) Within 120 days after an evaluation report is approved pursuant to § 10-135(d)(3), § 10-136(a)(2)(i), or § 10-137 of this subtitle, the unit shall propose for adoption any amendments to or repeal of its regulations that were summarized in the unit’s evaluation report as approved. (b) The amendments or repeal shall be proposed in the manner […]
This Part VI of this subtitle may be cited as the “Regulatory Review and Evaluation Act”.
