§ 7-216

(a) (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) 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) 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 Thurgood Marshall 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) 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.