Maryland Statutes
Part IV - Limited Provisions
Section 10-124 - Evaluation of Impact

(a)    In this section, “business” means a trade, professional activity, or other business that is conducted for profit.
    (b)    (1)    Before a unit adopts a proposed regulation, the unit shall evaluate whether the proposed regulation has any impact on businesses.
        (2)    To evaluate the impact, the unit shall:
            (i)    on the basis of the sizes of the businesses that the proposed regulation might affect, divide those businesses into any classes that the unit considers appropriate for the proposed regulation; and
            (ii)    particularly consider:
                1.    the costs that the proposed regulation would impose on each class; and
                2.    the difficulty of compliance for each class.
    (c)    On the basis of the evaluation, the unit may adopt 1 or more regulations that apply differently to classes of businesses.

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