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Enabling Statute

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A law that gives new or extended authority or powers, generally to a public official or to a corporation.


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The movement gained momentum in legislative sessions this year when Maryland became the first state to pass an enabling statute.
Or the executive can decide to make rules that greatly exceed the requirements of the enabling statute.
Although an agency's interpretation of its own enabling statute may be entitled to deference, its interpretation of how a statute it administers interacts with other statutes is not.
 
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