Md. Code, State Government § 10-617
Md. Code, State Government § 10-617
in effect(a) A public official may offer to the Archives or may destroy any of the following materials that the public official no longer needs:
(1) a book, magazine, or newspaper;
(2) other library or museum material that was made or acquired for reference or exhibition purposes;
(3) an extra copy of a document that was kept only for convenience of reference;
(4) a stock of publications;
(5) an acceptance or refusal of an invitation or engagement of a public officer; and
(6) material that otherwise relates to personal business of a public officer.
(b) The State Archivist may set classes of materials that the public official may destroy if the public official no longer needs the materials.
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