2994                                   LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 796

(i) Total compensation paid to the
registrant not including EITHER expenses reported under
subparagraphs (ii) through (ix)[,] OR salaries,
compensation, and reimbursed expenses for the staff of the
registrant;

(ii) Office expenses of the registrant not
reported in subparagraph (i) of this subsection;

(iii) Professional and technical research
and assistance not reported in subparagraph (i) of this
subsection;

(iv) Publications which expressly
encourage persons to communicate with officials or
employees;

(v) Names of witnesses, and the fees and
expenses paid to each;

(vi) Meals and beverages for officials or
employees or their immediate families;

(vii) Special events, including parties,
dinners, athletic events, entertainment, and other functions
to which all members of the General Assembly, either house
thereof, or any standing committee thereof are invited;

(viii) [Reasonable expenses] EXPENSES for
food, lodging, and scheduled entertainment of officials and
employees [and spouses] for a meeting which is given in
return for participation in a panel or speaking engagement
at the meeting;

(ix) Other gifts to or for officials OR
EMPLOYEES or [their] THE immediate families OF EITHER; and

(x) Other expenses.

(3) The name of each official or employee, or
member of his immediate family, who has benefited from gifts
with a cumulative value of $75 or more during the reporting
period given by the registrant or anyone acting in behalf of
the registrant, whether or not the gifts were given in
connection with the registrant's lobbying activities. For
the purpose of this subsection, gifts totaling less than $15
in a calendar day need not be counted toward the cumulative
value of $75, but if the cumulative value of $75 is attained
or exceeded, each gift of $10 or more thereafter shall be
itemized by date, beneficiary, amount or value, and nature
of the gift. Expenses reported in § 5-105(a)(2)(vii) and
(viii) above need not be allocated to individual officials
or employees, but for each such event, the date, location,
and total expense incurred by the registrant shall be
stated.