Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 01 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle 06 - GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
Chapter 01.06.01 - Recognition of Maryland Indian Status
Section 01.06.01.09 - Reconsideration of Recognition Recommendations
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. Within 30 days after the notice of Commission determinations is mailed under Regulation .08K(2) of this chapter, the petitioning group or any person or group that previously submitted arguments in support of or in opposition to the petition may, in writing, request that the Commission review the determinations.
B. Within 30 days after receiving a request for review, the Commission shall appoint a three-member panel to review the Commission's determinations and all evidence submitted in support of or in opposition to the petition. The panel shall include at least one member of the Commission and one member of the Recognition Advisory Committee, who together shall nominate the third member for the Commission's appointment.
C. The panel shall report its findings and recommendations to the Commission within 60 days after appointment. If the Commission concludes that the Commission adequately considered the evidence submitted, the Commission shall transmit any panel findings and recommendations and any Commission recommendation for formal recognition to the Governor together with the Commission's determinations, and the Commission promptly shall notify the petitioning group and all persons requesting notice.
D. If the panel concludes that the Commission failed to adequately consider any evidence submitted and that the evidence if adequately considered is likely to reverse the Commission's determinations, the Commission shall adequately consider the evidence and reconsider the Commission's determinations.
E. After Commission reconsideration, the Commission shall transmit any Commission recommendation for formal recognition to the Governor. The transmittal shall include the Commission's final determinations. The Commission shall promptly notify the petitioning group, and all persons requesting notice, of the Commission's recommendation and final determinations.
