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Appointed members: Stanley J. Frank, 1983;
Howard E. Marshall, 1983; Gladys Sprinkle,
1983; James Truitt, 1983

301 West Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-5064

The Employees Retirement Review Board was
created by Chapter 720, Acts of 1974, to hear ap-
peals by individual State employees, including
members of the Teachers Retirement System, who
desire to continue their employment after the
mandatory retirement age of seventy has been
reached and their application for continuation has
been denied by their agency. The Board consists
of eight members consisting of the Secretary of
Personnel or his designee, the Director of Aging,
a physician designated by the State Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene, a member of the
Board of Trustees of the Teachers Retirement
System, and four members appointed by the Gov-
ernor for four-year terms. The Board selects its
own chairperson (Code 1957, Art. 73B, secs.
11(1) to 11(2)).

MARYLAND STATE EMPLOYEES
SURETY BOND COMMITTEE

William S. James, State Treasurer; Louis L.
Goldstein, Comptroller of the Treasury; Stephen
H. Sachs, Attorney General of Maryland.

This Committee was created by Chapter 702,
Acts of 1967. It consists of the State Treasurer,
the Comptroller of the Treasury, and the Attor-
ney General of Maryland or their designated rep-
resentatives. Its duty is to set the type and the
amount of the bonds of all State officers and em-
ployees who are required to be bonded. All oth-
ers are to be bonded with the type, the amount,
and the term to be determined by the Commit-
tee. The Comptroller of the Treasury is to keep a
record of the bond, giving the name of the offi-
cers or the employee for whom the bond is is-
sued, the name of the agency in which the person
bonded is employed, the name of the agencies
covered, the name of the company issuing the
bond, its amount, date, time of expiration, and
certificates of renewal (Code 1957, Art. 78A,
secs. 46-50).

STATE ETHICS COMMISSION

Chairperson: Herbert J. Belgrad, 1984

Rev. John Wesley Holland, 1982; Jervis S.
Finney, 1983; Barbara M. Steckel, 1985.

Room 1515
301 W. Preston St.
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-7813

By Chapter 513, Acts of 1979, the State Ethics
Commission was established for the purpose of
guarding against improper influence on public of-
ficials and officers by requiring disclosure of their
financial affairs and by setting minimum stan-
dards for the conduct of state and local business.
The act establishing the Commission abolished
the Maryland Public Disclosure Advisory Board
and the State Board of Ethics.

The State Ethics Commission consists of five
members appointed by the Governor for five-year
terms. One member is nominated by the president
of the Senate, one member is nominated by the
speaker of the House of Delegates, and of the
three remaining members one must be a member
of the other principal political party to which the
incumbent governor does not belong. The Com-
mission elects its own chairperson and appoints
an executive director, a general counsel, and a
staff counsel.

The Commission's authority encompasses con-
flicts of interest, financial disclosure, and lobby-
ing disclosure.

The State Ethics Commission has the following
major functions: First, the rendering of advisory
opinions concerning the application of the Mary-
land Public Ethics law at the request of persons
subject to the law and commission's jurisdiction.
The Commission may issue an advisory opinion
concerning the application of the law at the re-
quest of any other person if the Commission
deems the request appropriate. Second, the inves-
tigation of complaints made to the Commission
alleging a violation of the provisions of the Mary-
land Public Ethics Law. The Commission may
also issue and investigate complaints on its own
initiative. Third, receiving and reviewing financial
disclosure statements filed by those covered by
the law and required to file with the Commission.
Fourth, receipt and review of lobbyist registration
and activity reports. Fifth, assisting and monitor-
ing the activity of local government in imple-
menting local government public ethics laws as
required by the State statute. Sixth, the provision
of training and information to those covered by
the statute and to the general public. Seventh,