Section 7-216 - Distribution. - Maryland Statutes

§ 7-216. Distribution.
 

(a)  Prices.-  

(1) The Committee shall adopt guidelines for the Administrator to: 

(i) sell a subscription list for any publication of the Division; and 

(ii) set the price for: 

1. a copy of or a subscription to the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register; and 

2. a copy of a database or other computer readable information on magnetic tape or some other electronic media. 

(2) The Committee may allow: 

(i) a volume discount; and 

(ii) the free, reciprocal exchange of publications by the State and other jurisdictions. 

(b)  Public.- A copy of the Code of Maryland Regulations and the Register shall be available to the public at the price set under this section. 

(c)  Free distribution.- The Administrator shall provide, without charge: 

(1) to each member of the General Assembly each issue of the Register; 

(2) to the Enoch Pratt Library and the State Law Library, 1 copy of: 

(i) the Code of Maryland Regulations; 

(ii) each issue of the permanent supplements to the Code of Maryland Regulations; and 

(iii) each issue of the Register; and 

(3) to a judge of a State court except the orphans' court, 1 copy of: 

(i) the current Code of Maryland Regulations; and 

(ii) each issue of the Register that the judge requests. 

(d)  Early access to documents to be published.- Unless authorized by the Committee, the Administrator may not allow public access to a document that is to be included in the Register earlier than the date immediately following the issue date of the Register in which the document is published. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 256K; 1984, ch. 284, § 1; 1989, ch. 382; 1994, ch. 615, § 3; 1996, ch. 10, § 1; 2004, ch. 515, § 2; 2009, ch. 60, § 5.]