1266                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                         CH. 628

apply to, and be exercised by, the County Commissioners for Prince
George's County with respect to the members of the Commission
from Prince George's County. The county governing body shall make
any appointment, whether by initial appointment, re-appointment,
or to fill a vacancy, from a list of applicants. The list for any such
appointment shall be completed not less than three weeks prior to
the date the county governing body makes the actual appointment.
The list of applicants shall be open to the public for inspection
from the time of commencement of making the list until an appoint-
ment therefrom is made. In the event a county governing body does
not appoint an individual from the names on the list, or if no name
appears on the list, then the county governing body shall provide
for the preparation of a second list and follow the procedure appli-
cable to the first list, with the above-mentioned three week period
commencing with the closing of such second list.

(ii) Interview. All applicants for appointment, re-appointment
or nomination to fill a vacancy as a member of the Commission shall
be interviewed by the county governing body, or its designated
agent, in private as to any possible or potential conflict of interest.
The IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, IN ADDITION TO THE FORE-
GOING, EACH applicant shall be questioned under oath specifically
on, but not limited to, all sources of income, property holdings, busi-
ness interests and financial interests, as well as the similar interest of
the applicant's spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or child. The
county governing body may require the production of any document
it wishes the applicant to produce. The interview shall be conducted
in a question and answer fashion, and a written transcript shall be
made of all such questions and answers. When the testimony is
fully transcribed the transcript shall be submitted to the applicant
for examination and shall be read to or by him, unless such exami-
nation and reading are waived by him. Any changes which the
applicant desires to make shall be entered upon the transcript by the
officer transcribing same with a statement of the reason given by
the applicant for making them. The transcript shall then be signed
by the applicant; and the officer transcribing same shall certify on
the transcript that the applicant was duly sworn by him and that
the transcript is a true record of the testimony given by the appli-
cant. There shall be a public disclosure by the county governing body
of the complete transcribed testimony of the actual appointee or
appointees three weeks from the date of his or her appointment; and
the complete transcript of all other applicants shall be destroyed by
the county governing body immediately without disclosure of any
information contained therein to anyone. ANNUALLY, ON OR
BEFORE JUNE 1, OF EACH YEAR, THE APPOINTEE SHALL
DISCLOSE IN WRITING, TO THE COUNTY GOVERNING
BODY, ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO UPDATE AND
MAKE CURRENT HIS BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INTER-
ESTS AND PROPERTY HOLDINGS IN THE STATE OF
MARYLAND AND THE GREATER WASHINGTON METRO-
POLITAN AREA, AS WELL AS INFORMATION AVAILABLE
TO HIM CONCERNING THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL
INTERESTS AND PROPERTY HOLDINGS OF THE AP-
POINTEE'S SPOUSE, FATHER, MOTHER, BROTHER, SIS-
TER OR CHILD, AND THERE SHALL BE COMPLETE PUB-
LIC DISCLOSURE BY THE COUNTY GOVERNING BODY
OF THE INFORMATION SO RECEIVED. THE COUNTY