HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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conflicts of interest provisions in the Maryland Public
Ethics Law concerning members of the General Assembly;
correcting certain cross-references to certain portions of
the Annotated Code, subject to the passage of another Act;
and making the passage of this Act contingent upon the
passage of a certain Resolution.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

Section 3-102

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

Section 3-102(o)(3) and (p)(l)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

(As enacted by Chapter___(House Bill 117) of

the Acts of 1984)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 40A - Maryland Public Ethics Law

3-102.

(a)  A personal interest of a member of the General Assembly
conflicts with the public interest if it tends to impair [his]
THE LEGISLATOR'S independence of judgment. The conflict
disqualifies [him] THE LEGISLATOR from voting upon any question
or attempting to influence any legislation to which it relates.

(b)   It is presumed that personal interest tends to impair a
legislator's independence of judgment in any of the following
circumstances:

(1)  Having or acquiring a direct interest, distinct
from that of the general public, in an enterprise which would be
affected by [his] THE LEGISLATOR'S vote on proposed legislation.

(2)  Benefiting financially from a close economic
association with a person whom the legislator knows, or from the
facts is presumed to know, has a direct interest in an enterprise
or interest which would be affected by the legislator's vote on
proposed legislation, differently from other like enterprises or
interests; or benefiting financially from a close economic
association with a person who is lobbying or who has employed a
lobbyist to propose legislation or to influence legislators'
votes. "Close economic association" includes and refers to the