3680

LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 892

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 Council immediately without
disclosure of any information contained therein to
anyone.

[(iv)] (4) Annually, on or before June 1[,]
of each year, the appointee shall disclose, in writing,
to the County Council all information available to update
and make current his business and financial interest and
property holdings in the State of Maryland and the
Greater Washington Metropolitan Area, as well as
information available to him concerning the business and
financial interest and property holdings of the
appointee's spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or
child, and there shall be complete public disclosure by
the County Council of the information so received. The
County Council may require substantiation and additional
information wherever the Council shall determine it
necessary.

[(d)] 2-115.

[(i)] (A) No commissioner [shall] MAY:

[(I)] (1) Decide or participate in a decision in
which he has a financial interest, whether as owner,
member, partner, officer, employee, stockholder, or other
participant of or in any private business or professional
enterprise, that will be affected by such decision, nor
[shall] MAY a commissioner knowingly participate in a
decision affecting the financial interest of a person
related to him or his spouse, father, mother, brother,
sister, or child, jointly or severally. This [subsection
shall] SUBPARAGRAPH MAY not be construed to prohibit a
commissioner from having or holding private investment,
business, or professional interests, but shall be
construed to apply when [such] THESE interests are or
reasonably may be in conflict with the proper performance
of duty by the commissioner. [Such] THESE interests
shall be presumed to be in conflict with the proper
performance of duty by the commissioner when the
commissioner or his spouse, father, mother, brother,
sister or child, jointly or severally, owns a total of
more than three [per centum] PERCENT of the invested
capital or capital stock of any groups, firms,
corporations, or associations involved in the decision
being made by the commissioner or his Commission or
receives a total combined compensation of more than [five
thousand dollars] $5,000 per year from any individual,
groups, firms, corporations, or associations involved in
the decision being made by the commissioner or his
Commission. [Such] THE prohibition [shall] DOES not