{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-state-government-8-201","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, State Government § 8–201","heading":"","body":"(a) The Executive Branch of the State government shall have not more than 22 principal departments, each of which shall embrace a broad, functional area of that Branch.\n(b) The principal departments of the Executive Branch of the State government are:\n(1) Aging;\n(2) Agriculture;\n(3) Budget and Management;\n(4) Commerce;\n(5) Disabilities;\n(6) Emergency Management;\n(7) the Environment;\n(8) General Services;\n(9) Health;\n(10) Housing and Community Development;\n(11) Human Services;\n(12) Information Technology;\n(13) Juvenile Services;\n(14) Labor;\n(15) Natural Resources;\n(16) Planning;\n(17) Public Safety and Correctional Services;\n(18) Service and Civic Innovation;\n(19) Social and Economic Mobility;\n(20) State Police;\n(21) Transportation; and\n(22) Veterans and Military Families.","path":["Article - State Government"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gsg\u0026section=8-201","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T20:00:58Z","sha256":"67bd4f33ea2df67d6275dc718e6b97f5970e1d67c997d31b86493c1bc5e6f3f0","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-state-government-8-105","next":"us-md/md.-code-state-government-8-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}