(a) COMCOR established. The CAO must publish Code of Montgomery County Regulations that includes:
(1) Each regulation issued by the Executive or any person or agency that issues regulations under this Article;
(2) Any other document that the CAO determines should be included;
(3) Annotation of any judicial decision that cites a regulation or document contained in COMCOR;
(4) Any explanatory annotation; and
(5) An index by agency and subject matter.
(b) Plain language standards and codification systems.
(1) Every regulation adopted under this article must conform to plain language drafting standards approved by the County Council.
(2) The CAO must establish a codification system for County regulations.
(3) Any regulation or document published in COMCOR must conform to the plain language drafting standards and codification system of this subsection.
(c) Supplement to COMCOR.
(1) At least once a year, the CAO must publish each regulation adopted during the year and any document that the CAO determines should be included in a supplement to COMCOR.
(2) The index to COMCOR must be revised and included in the supplement. (1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 1994 L.M.C., ch. 15, § 1.)
Editor’s note-The above section is cited and discussed in FOP, Montgomery County Lodge No. 35 v. Mehrling, 343 Md. 155, 680 A.2d 1052 (1996).