HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[(b-1)] (B) Except for a person AN OFFICIAL who has
filed a statement pursuant to subsection (a) above for the
same year or portion of the same year for which a statement
otherwise would be required to be filed by this subsection,
each candidate for nomination for, or election to, an office
set forth in [subsections 29—3 (a), (b), (c) , (d) , (h) , or
(i)] § 4-101 [above] shall file under oath or affirmation
with the State Administrative Board of Election Laws [that
person's], OR THE APPROPRIATE LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTION
SUPERVISORS, TOGETHER WITH HIS certificate of candidacy and
the statement required by this [subtitle] TITLE, for the
calendar year immediately preceding [the year in which that
certificate of candidacy is filed].

[(b-2) Except for a person who has filed a statement
pursuant to subsection (a) above for the same year or
portion of the same year for which a statement otherwise
would be required to be filed by this subsection, each
candidate for nomination for, or election to, an office set
forth in subsections 29—3 (i), (k), (1), or (m) above shall
file under oath or affirmation with the appropriate local
board of election supervisors, at the same time that
person's certificate of candidacy is filed, the statement
required by this subtitle, for the calendar year immediately
preceding the year in which that certificate of candidacy is
filed.]

[(b—3)] (C) If the certificate of candidacy is filed
prior to January 1 of the year in which the election is
held, the candidate, on or before the last day for the
withdrawal of candidacy, shall file under oath or
affirmation a supplementary statement for the calendar year
immediately preceding the election; and if he fails to do
so, after written notice of his obligation, given at least
20 days prior to the last day for the withdrawal of
candidacy, he shall be deemed to have withdrawn his
candidacy.

[(b-4)] (D) The State Administrative Board of Election
Laws and the local boards of election supervisors [shall]
MAY not accept any certificate of candidacy or certificate
of nomination unless a statement in proper form has been
filed. Within 30 days of the receipt of a statement by any
such board, it shall forward it to the [Secretary of State]
COMMISSION.

[(c)] (E) All statements filed pursuant to this
[subtitle] TITLE shall be maintained by the [Secretary of
State] COMMISSION and shall be made available by [him,] THE
COMMISSION, during normal office hours, for examination and
copying by the public, subject, however, to such reasonable
fees and administrative procedures as the [Secretary of
State] COMMISSION may establish from time to time. [All
statements shall be retained as public records for at least
two years from the date of their receipt by the Secretary of
State.] THE COMMISSION SHALL REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON
EXAMINING OR COPYING SUCH STATEMENTS SHALL RECORD HIS NAME,