Md. Code Ann., State Gov't § 10-617
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Effective Oct 1, 2014Added as Art. 54, § 1-404, by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 5, eff. July 1, 1984. Transferred to State Government § 10-640 by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Renumbered as State Government § 10-617 by Acts 2014, c. 104, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.State of Maryland
(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 of reference;
- (4) a stock of publications;
- (5) an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and
- (6) material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer.
- (b) The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.
Added as Art. 54, § 1-404, by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 5, eff. July 1, 1984. Transferred to State Government § 10-640 by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Renumbered as State Government § 10-617 by Acts 2014, c. 104, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014.