PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 692

(4)     EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION AND MARKETING,

(5)     CAPITAL INVESTMENT, TAXATION, COMPETITION, AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT; AND

(6)     CONSUMER CHOICE

(E)     (1) THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCY OR THE DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL
SERVICES PREPARING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS RATING AND THE
ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL CONSULT
WITH, AS APPROPRIATE:

(I)      OTHER UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT;

(II)     UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT; AND

(III) BUSINESS, TRADE, CONSUMER, LABOR, AND OTHER GROUPS
IMPACTED BY OR HAVING AN INTEREST IN THE REGULATION.

(2) ON REQUEST OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL
SERVICES, A UNIT OF THE STATE OR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHALL PROVIDE THE
DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES WITH ASSISTANCE OR INFORMATION IN THE
PREPARATION OF AN ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS RATING AND ECONOMIC
IMPACT ANALYSIS.

(F)     THE DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES SHALL:

(1)     COMMENT ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS RATING AND
ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PREPARED BY THE APPROPRIATE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH AGENCY; AND

(2)     TRANSMIT ITS COMMENT TO THE COMMITTEE

(G)    THE DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES SHALL REVISE THE ECONOMIC
IMPACT ANALYSIS RATING AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS CONSISTENT WITH AN
AMENDED VERSION OF A REGULATION.

(H) (1) THE DEPARTMENT OF FISCAL SERVICES SHALL KEEP A COPY OF
EACH ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS RATING AND ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR
3 YEARS AFTER PREPARATION OF THE RATING OR THE ANALYSIS.

(2) THE COPIES SHALL BE REASONABLY AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC
INSPECTION.

(I) ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS RATINGS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
ANALYSES SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE MARYLAND REGISTER AT THE SAME TIME
AS:

(1)     A NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION OF A REGULATION IS
PUBLISHED IN THE MARYLAND REGISTER; OR

(2)     A NOTICE OF EMERGENCY ADOPTION FOR A REGULATION IS
PUBLISHED IN THE MARYLAND REGISTER.

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