1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section and § 3-405(b) of this article, each document to be published in the Code of Maryland Regulations or the Register shall be submitted to the Administrator, who:

   1. (1) for 1 year after the publication of the document, shall keep and permit inspection of the document; and
   2. (2) then shall deliver the document to the State Archives.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The Clerk of the Supreme Court of Maryland shall submit to the Administrator:

      1. (i) each rule of court that the Supreme Court of Maryland adopts or permits to be adopted; and
      2. (ii) each administrative order or memorandum of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland or the Administrative Office of the Courts that the Chief Justice directs to be published.
   2. (2) The Chief Clerk of the District Court shall submit to the Administrator each administrative regulation that the Chief Judge of the District Court adopts.
3. (c) The Administrator may require that any document required or permitted to be published in the Register be submitted electronically or on paper, or both.

Added by Acts 1984, c. 284, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1984. Amended by Acts 1984, c. 286, § 9, eff. Oct. 1, 1984; Acts 1990, c. 392, § 1, eff. July 1, 1990; Acts 2006, c. 92, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2023, c. 49, § 6.

Formerly Art. 41, § 256-I.