- A. Petitions shall be made on standard forms required by the Commission, verified as accurate by the petitioning group's agent, and accompanied by any required petition fee.
- B. Within 10 days after receiving a petition, the Commission shall send written acknowledgement of receipt to the petitioning group.
C. Within 45 days after receiving a petition determined to be complete under Regulation .08 of this chapter, the Commission shall publish a notice of receipt in the Maryland Register and in a newspaper of general circulation in each Maryland county in which the petitioning group states in the petitioning group's petition that the petitioning group's members reside, including:
- (1) The name and address of the petitioning group;
- (2) The date of receipt of the petition;
- (3) The time and place that a copy of the petition, and any supporting documentation not prohibited from disclosure under Regulation .06 of this chapter, may be inspected; and
- (4) The mailing address and deadline 60 days or more in the future for submitting factual or legal arguments in support of or in opposition to the petition.
- D. The Commission shall mail a copy of the notice of receipt required under §C of this regulation to a person requesting a copy in writing.
- E. After the deadline for receipt of submissions in support of or in opposition to a petition, the Commission shall provide a copy of all submissions to the petitioning group. The petitioning group shall submit any response within the following 30 days.
Authority: State Government Article, §§9.5-309—9.5-312; Article 41, §6-911; Annotated Code of Maryland;
Executive Order 01.01.07.2007.25
Effective date: May 11, 1992 (19:9 Md. R. 878)
Regulation .13A amended effective July 1, 1996 (23:13 Md. R. 940)
Transferred from COMAR 05.08.06 to COMAR 07.08.01 effective April 7, 2007
Chapter revised and transferred from COMAR 07.08.01 to COMAR 01.06.01 effective November 15, 2010 (37:23 Md. R. 1609)