HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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preceding each such year in office. A person, who has not
filed the statement required by this title and who is
appointed to fill a vacancy in an office set forth in §
4-101, shall file that statement within 30 days after
appointment to that office.

(b)  Except for 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 § 4-101 shall file under oath or affirmation with
the State Administrative Board of Election Laws, or the
appropriate local board of election supervisors, together
with his certificate of candidacy and the statement required
by this title, for the calendar year immediately preceding.

(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 30TH DAY OF APRIL OF THE YEAR OF
THE ELECTION OR THE last day for the withdrawal of
candidacy, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER, 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candidacy, he shall be deemed to have withdrawn his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.

(D) AN OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE REQUIRED TO FILE A

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE MAY INCORPORATE
BY REFERENCE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE INFORMATION REPORTED
ON A STATEMENT, IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAW, PREVIOUSLY FILED BY
THAT OFFICIAL OR EMPLOYEE PROVIDED THAT ALL CHANGES IN THE
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ARE REPORTED IN THE CURRENT
STATEMENT IF DISCLOSURE OF THAT INFORMATION CONTINUES TO BE
REQUIRED.

(d) (E) (D) The State Administrative Board of Election
Laws and the local boards of election supervisors 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 Commission.

(e) (F) (E) All statements filed pursuant to this title
shall be maintained by the Commission and shall be made
available by the Commission, during normal office hours, for
examination and copying by the public, subject, however, to
such reasonable fees and administrative procedures as the
Commission may establish from time to time. The Commission
shall require that any person examining or copying such
statements shall record his name, home address, and the name
of the person whose disclosure statement was examined or
copied and that such record be forwarded upon request to the
person whose disclosure statement was so examined or copied.