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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 767

carrying out [its] THE functions under this [subtitle]
TITLE.

[11-18. Violations and penalties.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
subtitle shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on
conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not less than
$50 and not more than $500.]

COMMITTEE NOTE: Former Article 67, § 11-18 now appears
in Title 18 of this article.

TITLE 12. ETHICS.

SUBTITLE 1. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND LOBBYING.

[(67 § 12-1).

Any member of the commission who is present at a
meeting at which is discussed any matter in which he has,
directly or indirectly, a pecuniary or property interest,
shall declare his interest and shall refrain from casting a
vote in respect of such matter.

(67 § 12-2).

(a)  The provisions of this section shall apply to all
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commissioners appointed,
reappointed or nominated by the Montgomery County executive
under section 1-1 of this article. The words, "county
council" as used in this section shall mean the Montgomery
County council.

(b)  The commission shall maintain a minute or record
book and therein record its actions in usual corporate form,
but with respect to any action authorizing, modifying or
rescinding a water, sanitary sewerage or storm drainage
extension, or adopting or amending a water or sewer program
of extensions the votes of the members shall be separately
taken and recorded, by yeas, nays and abstentions, provided
however the reasons for such abstention shall be recorded.
The names of the respective commission members so voting or
abstaining shall be included in the minute entry following a
brief resume of the matter on which the vote was taken. The
minute or record book shall be kept available and open to
public inspection during business hours in the commission's
principal office.

(c)  (1) No commissioner shall:

(i) Decide or participate in a decision in
which he has a financial interest, 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
a commissioner knowingly participate in a decision affecting
a person related to him or his spouse, father, mother,
brother, sister or child, jointly or severally. This
subsection shall not be construed to prohibit a commissioner
from having or holding private investment, business, or