Last revised: August 2008
Maryland Register: A Finding Aid
The Maryland Register is the temporary supplement to the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), printing all changes in regulations as soon as they occur. This bi-weekly publication, which started in 1974, is also the official source of information about many other activities within State government.
Copies of the Maryland Register are available in the Maryland Room in Hornbake Library: UMCP HBK Maryland Room Maryland Folio KFM 1234.A2M37, v.1 (1974)-present; the latest two years are in Maryland Reference. The six most recent issues of the Register are available online at the Maryland Division of State Documents Website (http://www.dsd.state.md.us/MDRegister/).
Email the subject area specialist or call (301)405-9213 for more information.
Table of Contents
Use the Maryland Register to Find:
- The full text of changes in COMAR regulations made or proposed in the two weeks since the previous issue of the Maryland Register.
- A list by COMAR number of all regulations changed in any way since publications of the last COMAR supplements, with references to the issues of the Maryland Register where the full text of those changes was published.
- Citations to the Annotated Code of Maryland which authorizes a specific regulation.
- Gubernatorial executive orders and appointments.
- Hearing calendars of the Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals.
- Full text of Attorney General opinions and State Ethics Commission Opinions.
- Synopsis of General Assembly bills proposed and enacted.
- General notices of the activities of state agencies, and their scheduled public hearings and meetings.
Arrangement
There are separate sections for each kind of source of information published in the Maryland Register: Governor, General Assembly, Judiciary Regulations, Regulatory Review and Evaluation, Administrative Decisions, Advisory Opinions, General Notices and special documents. There are also separate sections for emergency regulations, regulations that have had some final action, and proposed regulations.
Indexes
Each issue contains the following indexes:
- Cumulative table of COMAR regulations, adopted, amended, or repealed. Lists all regulations which have been changed since their last publication in COMAR and indicates the issue of the Maryland Register in which the regulations appeared.
- Index of COMAR titles affected in this issue. Identifies each regulation affected by proposed emergency or final action in the current issue.
The first is arranged by COMAR number. The second by COMAR title number affected. There is no subject index.
In addition to the above, a separate cumulative index is issued quarterly. Each is arranged according to the same broad areas (Governor, Judiciary, Regulations, etc.) that are used in the individual issues of the Maryland Register. Regulations are indexed by the name of the agency responsible and by COMAR number. Again, there is no subject index.
Updates
The Maryland Register is issued every other Friday.
Citations
The Maryland Register is abbreviated Md.R. and is cited by volume, issue, page number, and date.
EXAMPLE: 34:12 Md.R. 1075 (July 17, 1998) refers to Volume 34, issue No.12, page 1075 of the Maryland Register issued on June 8, 2007.
Maryland Contract Weekly
The Maryland Contract Weekly began as a supplement of the Maryland Register in 1978. It was a separate publication from 1992 to July 2006. It ceased publication on July 5, 2006. Current state contract information is at eMaryland Marketplace
