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in the statutes. I don't believe that there has been

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a square determination under the Maryland Lobbying

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Act, whether a lawyer sitting back in his office and

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advising a client with respect to proposed legislation

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coming up before the General Assembly could be covered

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by that statute or not. In any event, we want to make

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it perfectly clear insofar as this proposed regulation

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is concerned, a lawyer, other person, giving people

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advice for compensation with respect to matters pending

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before this Convention who did not appear or contact a

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delegate or take the other action under which registration

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is required, if he didn't do that, but merely advised,

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drafted, suggested, and he took none of the other

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actions covered in the earlier sections of Section 1,

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especially l(a) of the proposed regulation, then that

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person would not be a person required to register.

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Mr. President, I would like to move --

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THE PRESIDENT: Before you make the motion,

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let me inquire whether there are any questions to be

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asked of the chairmen of the committee for clarification.

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Delegate Gallagher?