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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 796

trust, within the meaning of this subsection, does not
include a common trust fund or a trust which forms part of a
pension or profit-sharing plan which has more than 25
participants and which has been determined by the Internal
Revenue Service to be a qualified trust under §§ 401 and 501
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

4-105. Judges and candidates for judgeships.

(a)  The Court of Appeals of Maryland shall, pursuant
to its administrative authority over the judicial branch of
the government of the State of Maryland in accordance with
Article 4, Section 18 of the Constitution of Maryland,
promulgate and administer rules and regulations designed to
require the judges of the several courts of the State,
whether elected or appointed, including all judges of the
several orphans' courts, and masters", examiners,
commissioners, auditors, and referees in the judicial
branch, to periodically disclose, as public records, such
relevant information concerning their financial affairs as
may be deemed necessary or appropriate to promote the
continued trust and confidence of the people of the State of
Maryland in the integrity of the State judiciary.

(b)  Each candidate for nomination for, or election to,
an elected judgeship shall file at or before the same time
that person's certificate of candidacy is filed, the same
statement of financial interests as is required of the
judges of the several courts of the State pursuant to this
section for the calendar year immediately preceding the year
in which the certificate of candidacy is filed. A candidate
for nomination for, or election to, an orphans' court
judgeship shall file his statement with the appropriate
local board of election supervisors; a candidate for
nomination for, or election to, any other judgeship shall
file his statement with the State Administrative Board of
Election Laws. The State Administrative Board of Election
Laws and the local boards of election supervisors shall not
accept any certificate of candidacy or certificate of
nomination unless the required statement has been filed.
Within thirty (30) days of the receipt of a statement by the
State Administrative Board of Election Laws or by a local
board of election supervisors, the State Administrator of
Election Laws or the local board shall forward the statement
to the person designated by the Court of Appeals to receive
the statements required to be filed by judges pursuant to
this section.

(c)  Copies of all statements filed pursuant to this
section shall be transmitted to the Commission within 30
days of receipt by the Court of Appeals or its designee.

4-106. Additional persons from whom disclosure may be
required.

Additional persons holding State positions compensated
in whole or in part by public funds and noncompensated