Terms Used In Maryland Code, AGRICULTURE 2-107

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • this Code: means a code of the public general laws of the State that has been adopted and made evidence of the public general laws of the State under § 10-201 of the Courts Article. See
Every rule, regulation, form, order, and directive adopted by or in effect for any position or unit assigned to the Department, or for any abolished position or unit whose functions have been transferred to the Department remains in effect until changed by the Secretary or any other official authorized to change them. Every reference in this Code, any other State law, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, directive, legal action, contract, or any other document of or to any unit which is abolished and whose function has been transferred to the Department, means the Department. The duties, powers, and responsibilities of the position or unit become the duties, powers, and responsibilities of the Secretary.